Coronavirus: India records 1,34,154 new COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours, active caseload continues to drop

 India's daily new Covid cases continued to remain below 2 lakh for the seventh day in a row. The country reported 1,34,154 new Covid cases and 2,887 deaths on Thursday.
 

India reported 1,34,154 new Covid-19 cases, 2,11,499 discharges, and 2,887 deaths, as per the Health Ministry. This is the seventh day in a row the number of daily Covid-19 infections have remained under the 2 lakh mark.

The total cases in the country reached 2,84,41,986 while the active cases currently stand at 17,13,413. With 2,887 single-day deaths, the total death total in the country to Covid-19 rose to 3,37,989.

As many as 2,11,499 people were discharged, taking the total discharges to 2,63,90,584.

The daily positivity was recorded at 6.21%. It has been less than 10% for 10 consecutive days now, the ministry said. while the national Covid-19 recovery rate has improved to 92.79%
 

India's Covid-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16. It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19. India crossed the grim milestone of 2 crore on May 4.

21,59,873 samples were tested for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said.

Meanwhile, as many as 22,10,43,693 vaccine doses have been administered in the country.

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