Coronavirus: India's vaccination coverage crosses 57 crore-mark

The total active cases of Covid-19 in the country have declined to 3,63,605, lowest in 150 days; the ministry data showed.

India recorded a marginal increase in daily Covid-19 cases on Friday with 36,571 new infections in the last 24 hours, taking the tally to 3,23,58,829, according to the Union Health Ministry data.

The death toll rose to 4,33,589 with 540 fatalities reported in the last 24 hours, while the case fatality rate stands at 1.34%.

<p>As per the health ministry, a total of 1,42,42,547 vaccine doses have been administered till Friday evening.</p>

Meanwhile, a total of 36,555 patients were discharged in the last 24 hours, which took the total recoveries to 3,15,61,635 across the country. The recovery rate rose to 97.54%.

The active caseload in the country have declined further to 3,63,605, the lowest in 150 days, and constitutes 1.12% of the total infections, the ministry data showed.

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) data, 50,26,99,702 samples have been tested up to August 19 for Covid-19. Of these 18,86,271 samples were tested on Thursday.

A total of 57.22 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses have been administered so far, of which 48,84,440 doses were administered in the last 24 hours.

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