India reported 10,197 new cases in the last 24 hours

With the administration of 67,82,042 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has crossed the 1136 million mark.

As per provisional reports till 7 am on Wednesday a total of 1,13,68,79,685 doses of COVID-19 vaccine were administered in the country since the beginning of the nationwide vaccination drive on January 16.

This has been achieved through 1,16,73,459 sessions, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

The recovery of 12,134 patients in the last 24 hours has increased the cumulative tally of recovered patients (since the beginning of the pandemic) to 3,38,73,890.

Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.28%.

Sustained and collaborative efforts by the Centre and the States/UTs continue the trend of less than 50,000 Daily New Cases that is being reported for 143 consecutive days now.

The country reported 10,197 new cases in the last 24 hours.

India’s active caseload is presently at 1,28,555 is lowest in 527 days.

Active cases presently constitute 0.37% of the country's total Positive Cases, which is lowest since March 2020.

The testing capacity across the country continues to be expanded.

The last 24 hours saw a total of 12,42,177 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 62.70 Cr (62,70,16,336) cumulative tests.

While testing capacity has been enhanced across the country, the Weekly Positivity Rate at 0.96% remains less than 2% for the last 54 days now.

The Daily Positivity rate reported to be0.82%. The daily Positivity rate has remained below2% for last 44 days and below 3% for 79 consecutive days now.