India logs 14,313 fresh Covid cases, 549 deaths

New Delhi : India has reported 14,313 Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours in the country, when 549 deaths were also recorded, according to the Union Health Ministry on Saturday.

The recovery rate touched 98.19 per cent, said the Ministry, as 13,543 patients recovered from the virus in the last 24 hours taking the cumulative tally of recovered patients to 3,36,41,175 as the total toll touched 4,57,740.

“The Active caseload has fallen below the 2 lakh-mark and is presently at 1,61,555, which is lowest in 245 days.

“The daily positivity rate is 1.22 per cent, which is less than 2 per cent for last 26 days, whereas weekly positivity rate is 1.18 per cent which also remains less than 2 per cent for the last 36 days now,” the Ministry reported.

The testing capacity across the country continues to expand in the last 24 hours as a total of

11,76,850 tests were conducted taking the cumulative test tally to 60.70 crore (60,70,62,619).

In the last 24 hours, India administered 56,91,175 vaccine doses as the coverage exceeded 105.43 crore as per provisional reports till 7 a.m. Saturday, the Ministry said.

The data suggested that more than 111.13 crore (1,11,13,97,185) vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far through direct state procurement category.

“More than 12.73crore (12,73,62,006) balance and unutilized Covid vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered,” it said.

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