India reported 14,148 new COVID-19 positive cases and 302 more deaths in the last 24 hours, official sources said on Thursday.
According to the Union Health Ministry on Thursday, the new positive cases and 30,009 new recoveries pushed India’s active caseload to 1,48,359. The active cases account for 0.35 per cent of the country's total positive cases.
The cumulative tally of recovered patients (since the beginning of the pandemic) reached 4,22,19,896. Consequently, India’s recovery rate stood at 98.46 per cent.
India's COVID-19 confirmed caseload climbed to 4,28,81,179, while the death toll mounted to 5,12,924.
Meanwhile, the testing capacity across the country continues to be expanded. The last 24 hours saw a total of 11,55,147 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 76.35 Cr (76,35,69,165) cumulative tests.
While testing capacity has been enhanced across the country, Weekly Positivity Rate in the country currently stands at 1.60% and the Daily Positivity rate is reported to be 1.22%.
With the administration of more than 30.49 lakh (30,49,988) vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 176.52 Cr (1,76,52,31,385) as per provisional reports till 7 am today.
