24,354 new Covid cases, 234 fresh fatalities reported in 24 hours
New Delhi: India logged 24,354 new COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 3,37,91,061, while the active cases declined to 2,73,889, lowest in 197 days, according to the Union health ministry's data updated on Saturday. The death toll climbed to 4,48,573 with 234 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am.
Meanwhile, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said that the cumulative COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country have crossed 90 crore.
"Shastri ji gave the slogan 'Jai Jawan - Jai Kisan'. Revered Atal ji added 'Jai Vigyan' and PM @Narendra Modi Ji gave the slogan 'Jai Anusandhan'. Today the result of anusandhan is this corona vaccine.#JaiAnusandhan," Mandaviya tweeted.
According to health ministry data, India's COVID-19 vaccination coverage stands at 90,42,59,810 on Saturday. More than 65 lakh (65,27,196) vaccine doses were administered till 7 pm on Saturday. Of the total number of doses administered, 65,77,50,687 were first jabs and 24,65,09,123 second ones.
Earlier, the ministry said that the active cases comprise 0.81 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 97.86 per cent, the highest since March 2020. India's total number of active cases at 2,73,889, which is the lowest in 197 days. A decrease of 1,335 Covid cases has been recorded in the total number of active cases in a span of 24 hours.
A total of 14,29,258 tests were conducted on Friday, taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of COVID-19 in the country to 57,19,94,990. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 1.70 per cent. It has been less than three per cent for last 33 days. The weekly positivity rate was recorded at 1.68 per cent. It has been below three per cent for the last 99 days, according to the ministry. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 3,30,68,599, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.33 per cent.
