India adds 2,35,532 new COVID-19 cases and 871 deaths in the last 24 hours, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday. On a positive note, the positivity rate showed declining rate as it slipped to 13.39 per cent from 15.88 per cent on Friday. The weekly positivity rate also dipped to 16.89 per cent from 17.47 per cent yesterday. India’s active caseload currently stands at 20,04,333 while the active cases account for 4.91 per cent of total cases. The death toll is at 4,93,198 and the case fatality rate is 1.21 per cent.
With 3,35,939 recoveries from the infection reported in the last 24 hours, the cumulative recoveries reached 3,83,60,710. The recovery rate of the country has also improved to 93.89 per cent from 93.60 per cent on Friday.
In the last 24 hours, 17,59,434 tests were conducted, as per the Indian Council of Medical Research.
In the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination drive across the country, 165.04 crore vaccine doses have been administered so far. Notably, India’s vaccination drive commenced on January 16, 2021.
Amid an ongoing resurgence across the world, the global coronavirus caseload has topped 369.4 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.64 million and vaccinations to over 9.92 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University.
