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.
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FollowIndia 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.
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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%.
As per the health ministry, a total of 1,42,42,547 vaccine doses have been administered till Friday evening.
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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