More than 21.65 cr unused vaccines available with states, UTs, says Centre

However, over 21.65 Cr (21,65,12,036) balance and unutilized COVID Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered, theMinistry of Health and Family Welfare said in a statement.

With the administration of 51,59,931 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 115.79 Cr (1,15,79,69,274), as per provisional reports till 7 am on Saturday.

This has been achieved through 1,19,13,371 sessions, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said in a statement.

The recovery of 11,787 patients in the last 24 hours has increased the cumulative tally of recovered patients (since the beginning of the pandemic) to 3,39,09,708.

Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.29 percent.

Sustained and collaborative efforts by the Centre and the States/UTs continue the trend of less than 50,000.

Daily New Cases that is being reported for 146 consecutive days now.

10,302 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours.

The Active Caseload presently stands at 1,24,868. Active cases presently constitute 0.36 percent of the country's total Positive Cases, which is lowest since March 2020.

The testing capacity across the country continues to be expanded. The last 24 hours saw a total of 10,72,863 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 63.05 Cr (63,05,75,279) cumulative tests.

While testing capacity has been enhanced across the country, Weekly Positivity Rate at 0.93% remains less than 2% for the last 57 days now.

The Daily Positivity rate reported to be 0.96 percent.

The daily Positivity rate has remained below 2 percent for last 47 days and below 3 percent for 82 consecutive days now.