India reports 46,164 Covid-19 cases, 607 deaths in 24 hours

Active Covid-19 infections rise to 3.3 lakh, recovery rate at 97.63%, says health ministry

New Delhi: With 46,164 people testing positive for Covid infection in a day, India’s total tally of Covid cases has increased to 3,25,58,530, while the active cases rose to 3,33,725, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Thursday. The death toll climbed to 4,36,365 with 607 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am. Over 58.76 crore Covid vaccine doses have been provided to states and union territories so far. More than 1.03 crore doses are also in the pipeline, the ministry said in a statement.

With 46,164 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, India's total tally of Covid-19 cases has increased to 3,25,58,530, while the active cases rose to 3,33,725, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Thursday.

The death toll climbed to 4,36,365 with 607 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am.

Over 58.76 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses have been provided to states and union territories so far.

More than 1.03 crore doses are also in the pipeline, the ministry said in a statement.

The ministry said that more than 3.77 crore balance and unutilised Covid19 vaccine doses are still available with the states and UTs to be administered. The active cases comprise 1.03 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate was recorded at 97.63 per cent, the ministry said.

An increase of 11,398 cases has been recorded in the active Covid-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.

As many as 17,87,283 tests were conducted on Wednesday taking the total cumulative tests conducted

so far for detection of Covid-19 in the country to 51,31,29,378. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.58 per cent. It has been less than three per cent for the last 31 days.

The weekly positivity rate was recorded at 2.02 per cent. It has been below three per cent for the last 62 days, according to the ministry.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 3,17,88,440 and the case fatality rate stands at 1.34 per cent, the data stated.

Cumulatively, 60.38 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses have been administered under the nationwide vaccination drive till Thursday morning.