Active COVID-19 cases in country decline to 45,749
The Hindu
The death toll climbed to 52,82,16 with 19 new fatalities
India logged 5,108 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,45,10,057, while the active cases dipped to 45,749, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday.
The death toll climbed to 52,82,16 with 19 new fatalities, which includes 12 deaths reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 a.m. stated.
The active cases comprise 0.10% of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate increased to 98.71%, the ministry said.
The daily positivity rate stood at 1.44% while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 1.70%.
A total of 89.02 crore COVID-19 tests have been conducted so far and 3,55,231 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours.
As many as 215.67 crore total vaccine doses, including 94.57 crore second dose and 18.70 crore precaution doses have been administered so far under the nationwide vaccination drive. A total of 19,25,881 doses were administered in the last 24 hours, the Ministry said.
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