NEW DELHI: India logged 14,148 new Covid cases in the last 24 hours, 12.6 per cent higher than yesterday, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Monday.
The death toll climbed to 51,29,24 with 302 fresh fatalities according to the data updated at 9 am.
Active cases now comprise 0.35 per cent of the total infections while the national Covid-19 recovery rate stands at 98.46 per cent.
An decrease of 16,163 cases has been recorded in the active Covid- 19 caseload in a span of 24 hours, according to the health ministry data updated this morning.
The daily positivity rate stood at 1.22 per cent while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 1.60 per cent.
The testing capacity across the country continues to be expanded. The last 24 hours saw a total of 11,55,147 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 76.35 crore(76,35,69,165) cumulative tests.
Meanwhile nearly 173 crore (1,72,98,29,370) vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far through Govt. of India (free of cost channel) and through direct state procurement category; and more than 13.60 crore (13,60,98,246) balance and unutilized Covid vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered.
Moreover, with the administration of more than 30.49 lakh doses (30,49,988) vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India’s Covid-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 176.52 crore (1,76,52,31,385) as per provisional reports till 7 am today.
