According to Union Health Ministry data, India saw a significant decrease in daily Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, with the country recording 5,439 new infections in a 24-hour period. The country’s active caseload has fallen below 70,000, with 65,732 active cases at the moment.
The daily positivity rate stands at 1.70%, while the weekly positivity rate is 2.64%. The country’s active caseload accounts for 0.15% of India’s cumulative cases since the onset of global pandemic.
In the last 24 hours, a total of 22,031 people recovered from covid, with total recoveries so far since the onset of covid at more than 4,38,25,024. The recovery rate is 98.66%, the health ministry stated.
The country has conducted over 88.55 crore covid tests till date, with 3,20,418 done in the last 24 hours.
Under the covid vaccination drive, more than 212.17 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses have been administered so far, of which 26,36,224 doses were administered in the span of 24 hours.
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