Covid-19: India Records 1,27,952 New Cases, 1,059 Deaths

New Delhi: India records 1,27,952 new Corona cases along with 1,059 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

Active caseload has reported a marginal decline at 13,31,648 which constitute 3.16 per cent of the country’s total infections.

With 2,30,814 getting cured of the virus in the same time span, the total number of recoveries climbed to 4,02,47,902.

Consequently, the country’s recovery rate stands at 95.64 per cent.

Also in the same period, a total of 16,03,856 tests were conducted across the country, taking the total number of tests to over 73.79 crore.

The weekly positivity rate currently stands at 11.21 per cent while daily positivity rate has fallen to 7.98 per cent.

With the administration of over 47 lakhs vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, the country’s Covid inoculation coverage has reached 168.98 crore as of Saturday morning.

More than 11.02 crore balance and unutilised Covid vaccine doses are still available with the states and UTs, the ministry added.

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