A health department official on Saturday said, in the last 24 hours the union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands did not record any new COVID-19 case and the COVID-19 tally in the archipelago remained at 7,525.
The union territory now has 17 active COVID-19 cases of which 15 are in the South Andaman district and two in the North and Middle Andaman district. He further informed that, the Nicobar district is now COVID-19 free as it has no active case.
The health department official said, the Andaman and Nicobar administration has so far tested 4,31,486 samples for COVID-19, and the positivity rate stands at 1.75 per cent.
Two more persons recuperated from COVID-19 during the period, taking the total number of recoveries to 7,379, he said.
The COVID-19 death toll in the archipelago remained at 129 as no fresh death due to the contagion was reported in the last 24 hours.
A total of 2,72,312 people have been inoculated so far, of which 1,84,076 have been administered the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 88,236 have received both doses, he said, adding that the total population of the union territory is around 4 lakh.
India has reported 39,097 daily new cases in the last 24 hours. Less than 50,000 Daily New Cases have been reported since twenty-seven continuous days. This is a result of sustained and collaborative efforts by the Centre and the States/UTs.
India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 42.78 Cr. Cumulatively, 42,78,82,261 vaccine doses have been administered through 52,34,188sessions, as per the provisional report till 7 am today. 42,67,799 vaccine doses were administered in the last 24 hours.
India’s Active Caseload today stands at 4,08,977 and active cases now constitute 1.31% of the country’s total Positive Cases.
With substantially ramped up testing capacity across the country, a total of 16,31,266 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours in the country. Cumulatively, India has conducted over 45.45 crore (45,45,70,811) tests so far.
While on one side testing capacity has been enhanced across the country, Weekly Positivity Rate is currently at 2.22% and the Daily Positivity rate stands at 2.40% today. Daily Positivity rate has remained less than 3% for
