India reported 15,906 new COVID-19 cases and 16,479 recoveries in the past 24 hours, informed the Ministry of Health and Family welfare on Sunday.
With this, the active caseload of the country now stands at 1,72,594 in the country, which is the lowest in 235 days. The country’s active cases account for 0.51 per cent of the total cases reported so far, which is the lowest since March 2020.
With a total of 16,479 new recoveries, the overall recovery rate stands at 3,35,48,605 which has been increased from 98.16 per cent to 98.17 per cent.
The weekly positivity rate is 1.23 per cent while the daily positivity rate stands at 1.19 per cent.
More than 106.79 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses have been provided to States, Union Territories till date, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Sunday.
“More than 106.79crore (1,06,79,93,365) vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far through the Government of India (free of cost channel) and through direct state procurement category,” the ministry’s release informed. Further, more than 12 crore (12,02,30,859) balance and unutilized COVID vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered.
