new Delhi. In the last 24 hours, 1,660 new cases of corona were reported in India, which is less than the previous day. This information was given by the Union Health Ministry on Saturday. The active corona cases in the country came down to 16,741 this morning. The positivity rate in the country is 0.04 percent.
So at the same time 4,100 deaths were also recorded in the last 24 hours, due to which the total number of deaths increased to 5,20,855. However, to this the number of backlog deaths of 4005 in Maharashtra and 79 in Kerala has been added.
In the last 24 hours, 2,349 patients were cured in the country, taking the total number of recovered patients since the start of the pandemic to 4,24,80,436. India’s recovery rate is 98.75 percent.
A total of 6,58,489 corona tests were conducted across the country. India has done more than 78.63 crore corona tests so far.
There has also been a steady decline in the weekly and daily positivity rates. Currently, the weekly positivity rate in the country is 0.29 percent and the daily positivity rate is 0.25 percent.
Talking in terms of vaccination, India’s corona vaccination coverage has crossed 182.87 crores as of 7 am today, according to the last report. This has been achieved through 2,16,75,657 sessions.
The ministry said that more than 1.07 crore adolescents have been given the first dose of corona vaccine since the launch of the vaccination campaign in the age group of 12 to 14 years.
According to the ministry, more than 16.41 crore corona vaccine doses are still available with the states and union territories.
—AnyTV News
read this also – Click to read the news of your state / city before the newspaper