Active Covid cases in India dip to 1,64,522; 278 fresh deaths

New Delhi: India logged 15,102 new Coronavirus infections, taking the total tally of Covid cases to 4,28,67,031, while the active cases declined to 1,64,522, according to the Union Health ministry data updated on Wednesday.

The death toll climbed to 5,12,622 with 278 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The daily Covid cases have remained below one lakh for 17 consecutive days.

The active cases comprise 0.38 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid recovery rate has further improved to 98.42 per cent, the ministry said.

A reduction of 16,553 cases has been recorded in the active Covid caseload in a span of 24 hours.

The daily positivity rate was recorded as 1.28 per cent while the weekly positivity rate was recorded as 1.80 per cent, according to the ministry.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,21,89,887, while the case fatality rate was recorded as 1.20 per cent.

The 278 new fatalities include 130 from Kerala and 47 from Maharashtra.

The cumulative number of Covid vaccine doses administered in the country crossed 176.47 crore on Wednesday, the Union Health ministry said.

More than 26 lakh (26,88,373) vaccine doses have been administered till 7 pm.

More than 1.94 crore (1,94,97,567) precaution doses to healthcare workers, frontline workers and those aged 60 and above with comorbidities have been given, it said.