New Delhi: India logged 18,454 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, pushing the total caseload to 3,41,27,450, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday (October 21).
With 160 fatalities, the death toll has climbed to 4,52,811 in the country.
The active coronavirus caseload presently stands at 1,78,831, while the recovery rate mounted to 98.15%, the highest since March 2020, the Union Health ministry said.
The daily spike in COVID-19 cases has been below 30,000 for 27 straight days and less than 50,000 daily new cases have been recorded for 116 consecutive days now, as per PTI.
Around 12,47,506 tests were conducted on Wednesday, taking the total number of COVID-19 tests conducted so far to 59,57,42,218.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 1.48 per cent, which has been less than 3 per cent for the last 52 days. While the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 1.34 per cent. It has been below 3 per cent for the last 118 days, according to the ministry data.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 3,34,95,808, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.33 per cent.
Meanwhile, India on Thursday achieved the landmark of administering over 100 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses so far. Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited RML Hospital to mark the feat and meet the frontline workers.
“More than 103.5 crore vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs till now. Over 10.85 Cr balance and unutilized vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs,” the Government of India informed.
(With agency inputs)
