India logs 19,740 new Covid cases, 248 deaths in a day
New Delhi
09-October-2021
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India on Saturday reported 19,740 fresh Covid cases and 248 deaths in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said.
Consequently, India's recovery rate stands at 97.98 per cent, the highest since March 2020.
The active caseload is presently at 2,36,643, which is the lowest in 206 days. Active cases presently constitute 0.70 per cent of the country's total positive cases.
Meanwhile, the fresh deaths have taken the toll to 4,50,375, as per the Health Ministry data.
The weekly positivity rate, at 1.62 per cent, remains less than 3 per cent for the last 106 days now, while the daily positivity rate is 1.56 per cent, having remained below 3 per cent for the last 40 days and below 5 per cent for 123 consecutive days now.
The last 24 hours saw a total of 12,69,291 tests being conducted, taking the cumulative total to over 58 crore tests.
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With 79,12,202 vaccine doses administered in the last 24 hours, India's Covid-19 vaccination coverage nears 94 crore mark as per provisional report till 7 a.m. on Saturday. This has been achieved through 91,40,316 sessions.
Over 95.51 crore vaccine doses have been provided to states/UTs so far through the Centre as well as the direct state procurement category. However, more than 8.51 cr unutilised vaccine doses are still available with the states/UTs to be administered, the Health Ministry data said - IANS
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