Record 1.13 crore vaccines doses administered on Tuesday takes India’s total count to 69.9 crore

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In a landmark achievement in India’s COVID-19 inoculation campaign, more than 1.13 crore vaccine doses were administered on Monday taking the country’s total COVID-19 vaccination coverage past the 69.9 crore mark, according to data released by the Health Ministry on Tuesday.</p>
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The 1 crore mark of daily vaccination doses has been exceeded three times in the last 11 days reflecting a further acceleration in the inoculation drive against coronavirus.</p>
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Meanwhile 31,222 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in the country in the last 24 hours while 42,942 patients recovered during this period.</p>
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The trend of less than 50,000 daily new cases is being reported for 72 consecutive days now.</p>
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The Active Caseload is presently 3,92,864. Active cases now constitute 1.19% of the country's total Positive Cases.</p>
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The testing capacity across the country continues to be expanded. The last 24 hours saw a total of 15,26,056 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 53.31 crore cumulative tests, the health ministry said.</p>
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While testing capacity has been enhanced across the country, the Weekly Positivity Rate at 2.56% remains less than 3% for the last 74 days now. The Daily Positivity rate has come down to 2.05% and has remained below 3% for the last 8 days and below 5% for 92 consecutive days now.</p>