Deccan Chronicle

India records over 41K new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours

Recovery rate at 97.36%, 47 cr vaccines administer­ed cumulative­ly

- DC CORRESPOND­ENT

India saw a single-day rise of 41,831 new Covid-19 cases, taking the tally to

3,16,55,824, while the cumulative vaccine doses administer­ed in the country has crossed 47 crore, according to Union health ministry data updated on Sunday.

The death toll climbed to

4,24,351 with 541 daily fatalities.

Registerin­g an increase for the fifth consecutiv­e cases, the active cases have climbed to 4,10,952 and comprises 1.30 per cent of the total infections, while the national

Covid-19 recovery rate was recorded at 97.36 per cent, the data updated at 8 am showed.

An increase of 2,032 Covid cases has been recorded in the total caseload in a span of 24 hours.

Also, 17,89,472 tests were conducted on Saturday, taking the cumulative

tests conducted so far for detection of Covid-19 in the country to 46,82,16,510,

while the daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.34 per cent .

Weekly positivity rate was recorded at 2.42 per cent, according to the health ministry.

The number of people who have recuperate­d from the disease surged to

3,08,20,521, while the case fatality rate stands at 1.34 per cent, the data stated.

Cumulative vaccine doses administer­ed so far has reached 47.02 crore under the nationwide vaccinatio­n drive.

India’s Covid-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16. It went past 60 lakh on September

28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October

29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the onecrore mark on December

19, 2020. India crossed the grim milestone of two crore on May 4 and 3 crore on June 23, 2021.

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PTI ?? Visitors at the National Zoological Park that reopened for public after further ease in lockdown restrictio­ns in New Delhi on Sunday.
— PTI Visitors at the National Zoological Park that reopened for public after further ease in lockdown restrictio­ns in New Delhi on Sunday.

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