India continued its downward trend on the Covid-19 chart, recording 2,35,532 new cases of the coronavirus disease in the past 24 hours, while the death toll surged by 871, the Union Health Ministry bulletin showed on Saturday morning. The cumulative caseload surged to 40,858,241.
The positivity rate for daily infections in the country fell from 15.8% to 13.39% today.
The number of active cases in India now stands at 20,04,333, down by 1,01,278 in one day. Active cases now account for 4.91% of total infections.
As many as 3,35,939 people have recovered from the viral illness in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of recoveries to more than 38 million. The recovery rate soared to 98.89%.
A total of 1.6 billion doses have been administered so far under the nationwide Covid-19 vaccination programme, the ministry’s figures show. This includes 56,72,766 doses of the vaccine in the past 24 hours, including 6,74,623 booster doses for eligible people and 5,84,492 first doses for the 15-18 age group.
On December 19, 2020, India crossed the 10 million mark in Covid-19 cases. It crossed the grim milestone of 20 million on May 4 last year, followed by 30 million on June 23.
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