India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 181.24 Cr (1,81,24,97,303) as per provisional reports till 7 am today. This has been achieved through 2,14,03,116 sessions. Covid-19 cases in India: Both the daily positivity and the weekly positivity rates dropped to 0.40 per cent on Sunday. Meanwhile, China, Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korea are witnessing a surge in coronavirus infections.
COVID-19 vaccination for the age group 12-14 years was started on 16 March, 2022. So far, nearly 18 lakh (17,99,684) adolescents have been administered with the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
Following a continuous downward trend, India’s Active Caseload has declined to 25,106 today, constituting 0.06% of the country’s total Positive Cases.
➡️ 1,549 New Cases reported in last 24 hours. pic.twitter.com/Ers2WGlXpL
— Ministry of Health (@MoHFW_INDIA) March 21, 2022
Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.74%. 2,652 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours and the cumulative tally of recovered patients (since the beginning of the pandemic) is now at 4,24,67,774.
1,549 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours. The last 24 hours saw a total of 3,84,499 COVID-19 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 78.30 Cr (78,30,45,157) cumulative tests.
There has been a sustained fall in the weekly and daily Positivity Rates too. Weekly Positivity Rate in the country currently stands at 0.40% and the Daily Positivity rate is also reported to be 0.40%.