KNB News Desk
Srinagar 11 August (KNB): India reported 38,353 new coronavirus cases and 497 fatalities due to the deadly virus in the last 24 hours, according to Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
As per the morning update by the Health Ministry, less than 50,000 Daily New Cases have been reported since forty-five consecutive days.
The Ministry said that India’s recovery rate has reached 97.45 per cent in the last 24 hours. “This is the highest ever recovery rate achieved by India since the start of the pandemic,” they said.
“Out of the people infected since the beginning of the pandemic, 3,12,20,981 people have already recovered from COVID-19 and 40,013 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours,” they added.
The MoHFW said that India’s active caseload today stands at 3,86,351.
“This is the lowest recorded active cases in 140 days,” they said and added that the active cases now constitute only 1.21 per cent of the country’s total Positive Cases, which is also the lowest since March 2020.
As per the Health Ministry, weekly positivity rate currently stands at 2.34 per cent and the daily positivity rate stands at 2.16 per cent today.
“Daily Positivity rate has remained below 3 per cent for last 16 days and below 5 per cent for 65 consecutive days now,” they added.
Moreover, the Health Ministry informed that India’s Covid-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 51.90 Cr. Cumulatively, 51,90,80,524 vaccine doses have been administered through 59,57,616 sessions, as per the provisional report till 7 am on Wednesday.
“41,38,646 vaccine doses were administered in the last 24 hours,” they said.
The new phase of universalisation of Covid-19 vaccination commenced from 21st June, 2021.
“The Union Government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country,” the Ministry added.
The MoHFW further said that with substantially ramped up testing capacity across the country, a total of 17,77,962 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours in the country.
“Cumulatively, India has conducted over 48.50 crore (48,50,56,507) tests so far,” they added. (KNB)