Coronavirus: India reports 38,667 new infections, 35,743 recoveries in 24 hours
India has reported 38,667 new Covid cases and 478 deaths in 24 hours. The recovery rate stands at 97.45%.
India reported a single day rise of 38,667 coronavirus infections, taking the total caseload to 3,21,56,493, according to the Union Health Ministry data.
With 478 people succumbing to the infection in the last 24 hours, the death toll rose to 4,30,732, the data updated at 8 am showed.
Active cases rose to 3,87,673 and at present constitute 1.21% of the total cases in the country.
With 35,743 discharges on Friday, the total number of patients who have recovered from the disease across the country reached 3,13,38,088.
The daily test positivity rate was at 1.73%, which has been less than 3% for the last 19 days. The current recovery rate in the country is 97.45%, the Health Ministry said.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) data, a total of 49,17,00,577 samples have been tested for Covid-19 up to August 13, while 22,29,798 samples were tested on Friday.
More than 53.14 crore vaccine doses have been administered so far including 63,80,937 in the last 24 hours under national vaccination drive.