New Delhi: India reports 29,616 new COVID cases, 28,046 recoveries, and  290 deaths in the past 24 hours. Out of  29,616 new COVID cases &  290 deaths across India, 17,983 cases and 127 deaths were reported in Kerala, yesterday.


The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in its daily Covid bulletin informed that the recovery of 28,046 patients in the last 24 hours has increased the cumulative tally of recovered patients (since the beginning of the pandemic) to 3,28,76,319. Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 97.78%. Recovery Rate is currently at its highest peak since March 2020.



  • Active cases: 3,01,442

  • Total recoveries: 3,28,76,319

  • Death toll: 4,46,658

  • Recovery Rate: 97.78%

  • Weekly Positivity Rate: 1.99%

  • Vaccination: 84,89,29,160 (71,04,051 in the last 24 hours) 


The Active Caseload is presently 3,01,442.  Active cases presently constitute 0.90% of the country's total Positive Cases.


Weekly Positivity Rate at 1.99% remains less than 3% for the last 92 days now. The Daily Positivity rate reported to be 1.86%. The daily Positivity rate has remained below 3% for last 26 days and below 5% for 109 consecutive days now.


According to the health ministry, India has so far conducted over 56.16 Cr (56,16,61,383) cumulative tests. with 15,92,421 tests being conducted in the last 24 hours.  


With the administration of 71,04,051 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage exceeded 84.89 Cr (84,89,29,160) as per provisional reports till 7 am today.  This has been achieved through 82,99,312 sessions.