Case tally has gone up to 3,21,17,826 and at present the death toll is 4,30,254.
It said India’s current active caseload stands at 3,85,227, which currently accounts for 1.20 per cent of the total cases – the lowest since March 2020.
The government said that the highest ever recovery rate in the country has been recorded at 97.46 percent.
With 42,295 patients being cured in the last 24 hours, the total number of patients who have been cured of the disease is 3,13,02,345.
The weekly positivity rate, which currently stands at 2.13 per cent, remains below 5 per cent, the government release said. The daily positivity rate, 2.04 per cent, is less than 3 per cent for the last 19 days.
The government also said that the testing capacity in the country has increased significantly, with a total of 48,94,70,779 samples tested. covid Till August 12, out of these, 19,70,495 samples were tested on Thursday alone. Indian council of medical research Said.
Vaccine Update
With 57,31,574 doses of vaccines administered during the last 24 hours, the cumulative coverage of vaccines in India has reached 52,95,82,956.
The government also said that 55,01,93,040 vaccine doses have been provided to the states and union territories so far and 59,16,920 more are in the pipeline.
Friday’s bulletin also said that 52,59,93,669 doses have been consumed and 2,82,57,130 more doses are still available with states, union territories and hospitals.
The new phase of universalization of COVID-19 vaccination began from 21st June this year.
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