India on Saturday saw a marginal rise in its daily COVID-19 cases with 18,840 new coronavirus infections recorded in the past 24 hours, against previous day’s 18,815, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said.
A total of 43 people lost their lives due to the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, the Ministry said.
With the addition of new deaths due to the COVID-19, the total number of fatalities due to the coronavirus now stands at 5,25,386 in the country.
Meanwhile, the active caseload has also risen to 1,25,028 cases, accounting for 0.29 per cent of the total positive cases.
The recovery of 16,104 patients in the last 24 hours took the cumulative tally to 4,29,53,980. Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.51 per cent.
Meanwhile, the daily positivity rate has marginally dropped to 4.14 per cent, while the weekly positivity rate currently stands at 4.09 per cent.
Also in the same period, a total of 4,54,778 tests were conducted across the country, increasing the overall tally to over 86.61 crore.
As of this morning, the Covid-19 vaccination coverage exceeded 198.65 crore, achieved via 2,60,37,032 sessions.
Over 3.74 crore adolescents have been administered with a first dose of Covid-19 jab since the beginning of vaccination drive for this age bracket.