India vaccinated more than 300 million people as
active case numbers continue to decline.
by Staff Writer
24 June 2021
- 301.6 million Vaccine Doses administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive
- India reports 54,069 new cases in last 24 hours
- Daily recoveries continue to outnumber the Daily New Cases for the 42nd consecutive day
- Recovery Rate increases to 96.61%
- Weekly Positivity Rate remains below 5%, currently at 3.04%
- Daily positivity rate at 2.91%, less than 5% for 17 consecutive days
India has also been witnessing a continuous fall in the active caseload. The country’s Active Caseload today stands at 6,27,057 today. A net decline of 16,137 is witnessed in the last 24 hours and active cases are now only 2.08% of the country's total Positive Cases.
As more people are getting recovered from COVID-19 infection, India’s Daily Recoveries continue to outnumber the Daily New Cases for 42 consecutive days now. 68,885 recoveries were registered in the last 24 hours. More than14,000 (14,816) recoveries were reported during the last 24 hours as compared to the daily new cases. Out of the people infected since the beginning of the pandemic, 2,90,63,740 people have already recovered from COVID-19 and 68,885 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours. This constitutes an overall recovery rate of 96.61%, which is showing a sustained increasing trend.
With substantially ramped up testing capacity across the country, a total of 18,59,469 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours in the country. Cumulatively, India has conducted over 39.78 crore (39,78,32,667) tests so far. While on one side testing has been enhanced across the country, a continued decline in weekly case positivity is noticed. Weekly Positivity Rate is currently at 3.04% while the Daily Positivity rate stands at 2.91% today. It has remained less than 5% for 17 consecutive days now.
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