Mumbai: India registered 15,786 fresh COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, 14 per cent lower than yesterday’s 18,454 cases. The government has been continuously speeding up the vaccination drive across the country.
The recovery rate is currently at 98.16 per cent, highest since March 2020. At least 18,641 people have recovered in the last 24 hours. The total number of people who have recovered is 3,35,14,449.
Active cases account for less than 1 per cent of total cases, currently at 0.51 per cent, lowest since March 2020. The active caseload stands at 1,75,745, which is the lowest in 232 days. The weekly positivity rate of 1.31 per cent is less than 3 per cent for last 119 days.
Daily positivity rate of 1.19 per cent is less than 3 per cent for the last 53 days. Some 231 people have died of Covid in the last 24 hours. During this period, the total vaccinations are 61,27,277.
Meanwhile, India achieved a significant feat on Thursday as it completed administering 100 crore doses of Covid-19 vaccine to eligible beneficiaries.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi described India’s COVID-19 vaccination drive as a journey from “anxiety to assurance” that has made the country emerge stronger, and credited its success to people’s trust in the vaccines despite “various efforts to create mistrust and panic”.’
“When everyone takes ownership, nothing is impossible. Our healthcare workers traversed hills and crossed rivers across difficult geographies to vaccinate people. Our youth, social workers, healthcare workers, social and religious leaders, all deserve credit for the fact that India faces minimal vaccine hesitancy when compared to even developed nations,” PM Modi wrote in an opinion piece a day after the cumulative vaccine doses crossed the landmark figure of 100 crores.
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