New Delhi: India’s daily COVID-19 caseload continues to decline, with 1,27,952 new cases on Saturday, 14 percent lower than yesterday.
The active tally has dropped by over one lakh in the past 24 hours and presently stands at 13,31,648. The daily positivity rate also dropped from 9.27 percent on Friday to 7.98 percent Saturday.
Data from the Health Ministry also indicates that 2,30,814 recoveries and 1059 deaths were also reported during this time. The recovery rate currently stands at 95.64 percent.
India has administered more than 168.98 crore COVID-19 jabs. Earlier this year, the initiative was expanded to include older children as well as facilitate the use of a third ‘precautionary’ dose for frontline workers and comorbid senior citizens.
According to the Cowin dashboard, more than 5.34 crore children have already been inoculated with one dose of Covaxin. Over 1.37 crore individuals have also received a third dose of vaccine.
The new cases were recorded after 16,03,856 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours. A total of 73.79 crore Covid tests have been conducted in India till now.
(_Vinayak)