India reports 1.14 lakh daily new Covid cases, lowest in two months

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<strong>India has reported 1,14,460 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the lowest in the last two months. The country has recorded less than two lakh daily new cases for 10 continuous days now and has been witnessing a continuous fall in the active cases. India's active caseload has dipped below 15 lakh mark and stands at 14,77,799 today. The caseload has been below 20 lakhs for six successive days now.<br />
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A net decline of 77,449 is witnessed in the last 24 hours and active cases are now only 5.13 per cent of the country's total positive cases.<br />
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With more people recovering from Covid-19 infection, India’s daily recoveries continue to outnumber the daily new cases for the 24th consecutive day. As many as 1,89,232 recoveries were registered in the last 24 hours with 74,772 more recoveries reported during the last 24 hours as compared to the daily new cases.<br />
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Out of the people infected since the beginning of the pandemic, 2,69,84,781 people have already recovered from Covid-19.  This constitutes an overall recovery rate of 93.67%, which is showing an increasing trend.<br />
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A total of 20,36,311 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours in the country and cumulatively India has conducted over 36.4 crore (36,47,46,522) tests so far.<br />
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While on one side testing has been enhanced across the country, a continued decline in weekly case positivity is noticed. Weekly Positivity Rate is currently at 6.54% while the Daily Positivity rate stands at 5.62% on Sunday. It has remained less than 10% for 13 consecutive days now.<br />
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In another significant achievement, the cumulative number of Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has exceeded 23 crore with 23.13 crore vaccine doses having been administered under the nationwide vaccination drive. A total of 33,53,539 vaccine doses were administered in the last 24 hours.<br />
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Till 7 AM on Sunday, a total of 23,13,22,417 vaccine doses have been administered through 32,42,503 sessions.<br />
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The health ministry said that the encouraging figures showing decline in Covid-19 cases in the country is a result of collaborative and sustained efforts by the Centre and states/UTs following the “whole of government” approach.</p>