India saw a major decline in Covid-19 cases on Tuesday with 8,865 new cases in the last 24 hours, lowest in 287 days. The fresh cases reported today are 13.3% lower than yesterday. The fresh count brings India’s total caseload to 3,44,56,401.
With the administration of 59,75,469 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 112.97 Cr (1,12,97,84,045) as per provisional reports till 7 am today. This has been achieved through 1,16,00,209 sessions.
➡️ More than 62.57 Cr COVID Tests conducted so far.
➡️ Weekly Positivity Rate currently at 0.97%.
➡️ Daily Positivity Rate at 0.80%; less than 2% for 43 consecutive days. pic.twitter.com/syCx7lkaWb
— Ministry of Health (@MoHFW_INDIA) November 16, 2021
The recovery of 11,971 patients in the last 24 hours has increased the cumulative tally of recovered patients (since the beginning of the pandemic) to 3,38,61,756.
Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.27%.
Sustained and collaborative efforts by the Centre and the States/UTs continue the trend of less than 50,000 Daily New Cases that is being reported for 142 consecutive days now.
8,865 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours.
The Active Caseload is presently at 1,30,793 is lowest in 525 days. Active cases presently constitute 0.38% of the country’s total Positive Cases, which is lowest since March 2020.
The testing capacity across the country continues to be expanded. The last 24 hours saw a total of 11,07,617tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 62.57 Cr (62,57,74,159) cumulative tests.
While testing capacity has been enhanced across the country, Weekly Positivity Rate at 0.97% remains less than 2% for the last 53 days now. The Daily Positivity rate reported to be 0.80%. The daily Positivity rate has remained below2% for last 43 days and below 3% for 78 consecutive days now.
