Covid-19: India registers 10,302 New Cases, 129 Crore Vaccine Doses Provided To States So Far
New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry data on Saturday updated its data in which they reported that India’s COVID-19 infection tally rose by 10,302 in a day to reach 34,499,925 while the number of active cases declined to 124,868 during the same period.
On the vaccination in the country, Health Ministry said that “Over 129 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses have been provided to states and Union Territories so far through free of cost channel and through direct state procurement category. More than 21.65 crore balance and unutilized Covid-19 vaccine doses are still available with the states and union territories.”
The daily rise in new coronavirus infections has been below 20,000 for 43 days in a row and less than 50,000 for 146 consecutive days. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.96 percent. It has been less than 2 percent for the last 47 days. The weekly positivity rate was 0.93 percent. It has been below two percent for the last 57 days.
Active cases decreased by 1,752 in 24 hours and now comprise 0.36 percent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020. Also, the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.29 percent, the highest since March last year, the Health Ministry said.
The vaccination drive has been ramped up through the availability of more vaccines, advanced visibility of vaccine availability to states and Union Territories for enabling better planning by them and streamlining the vaccine supply chain.
As part of the nationwide vaccination drive, the Government of India has been supporting the states and union territories by providing them COVID-19 vaccines free of cost, it underlined.
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