New Delhi: India has reported 44,643 new Covid-19 cases and 464 deaths in the last 24 hours, Union ministry data shows. The current recovery rate stands at 97.36%. The country has 4,14,159 active cases at present. As many as 49,53,27,595 beneficiaries have been vaccinated so far across the country.
The death toll climbed to 4,26,754 with 464 fresh fatalities. An increase of 3,083 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. As many as 16,40,287 tests were conducted on Thursday taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of COVID-19 in the country to 47,65,33,650.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.72 per cent. It has been less than three per cent for the last 11 days. weekly positivity rate was recorded at 2.41 per cent, according to the ministry. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 3,10,15,844 and the case fatality rate stands at 1.34 per cent, the data stated.
Cumulative vaccine doses administered so far has reached 49.53 crore under the nationwide vaccination drive. India’s COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakhs on August 23, 40 lakhs on September 5 and 50 lakhs on September 16.
It went past 60 lakhs on September 28, 70 lakhs on October 11, crossed 80 lakhs on October 29, 90 lakhs on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19. India crossed the grim milestone of two crore on May 4 and three crores on June 23. The 464 new fatalities include 120 from Maharashtra and 117 from Kerala.
A total of 4,26,754 deaths have been reported so far in the country including 1,33,530 from Maharashtra, 36,705 from Karnataka, 34,230 from Tamil Nadu, 25,060 from Delhi, 22,770 from Uttar Pradesh, 18,193 from West Bengal and 17,328 from Kerala.
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