India Coronavirus Cases Today: 2.08 Lakh New Covid Cases, 4,157 Deaths In Past 24 Hrs; Declining Trend Maintained
India witnessed a decrease of 91,191 in active cases in last 24 hrs. The Centre said that at 2.08 Lakh cases, declining trend in new cases is maintained.
New Delhi: After weeks of strict lockdown-like restrictions across several states and cities, the number of fresh Covid-19 cases and deaths related to the novel disease has started to slow down. According to the Union Health Ministry, active caseload hasfurther declined to 24,95,591.
As per the data shared, India witnessed a decrease of 91,191 in active cases in last 24 hrs. The Centre said that at 2.08 Lakh cases, declining trend in new cases is maintained. The country has recorded 2,43,50,816 total recoveries so far, of which, 2,95,955 patients recovered during last 24 hours.
- Total cases: 2,71,57,795
- Total discharges: 2,43,50,816
- Death toll: 3,11,388
- Active cases: 24,95,591
- Total vaccination: 20,06,62,456
The Health Ministry further reporetd that recovery rate has increased to 89.66 per cent. Weekly positivity rate stands at 11.45 per cent while the daily positivity rate at 9.42 per cent, less than 10 per cent for 2 consecutive days.
Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Wednesday informed that a total of 33,48,11,496 samples have been tested for Covid-19 up to 25th May 2021. Of these, 22,17,320 samples were tested yesterday.
Over 20 crore vaccine doses have been administered so far under nationwide drive. States have been urged repeatedly to keep vaccine wastage below 1%, many States like Jharkhand (37.3%), Chhattisgarh (30.2%), Tamil Nadu (15.5%), Jammu & Kashmir (10.8%), Madhya Pradesh (10.7%) are reporting much higher wastage than the national average (6.3%)
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