Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held a high-level meeting to review the situation related to Kovid-19 in the country and the vaccination campaign. It is noteworthy that the country has crossed the 72.37 crore mark for its immunization drive across the country, with three states including Sikkim, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Himachal Pradesh completing 100 per cent first dose in the country. Also, India has given 54.72 lakh vaccine doses till 6:00 pm on Friday, in which 72.91 crore vaccinations have been done so far.
Meanwhile, 34,973 new cases were reported in the country on Friday with 260 deaths, according to health ministry data. There was a drop in the active caseload to 3,90,646 and the total recoveries in the last 24 hours to 37,681 from 3,23,42,299 recovered cases so far.
The increase in active cases was seen in several states including Andhra Pradesh, Mizoram, Goa, Meghalaya, Odisha and Tamil Nadu. Only Kerala recorded the highest number of deaths at 125, followed by Maharashtra at 55.
It is to be noted that the weekly positivity rate was 2.31 per cent for the last 77 days, which was less than 3 per cent for the last 77 days, while the daily positivity rate was 1.96 per cent, which was less than 3 per cent for the last 11 days.
In addition, the country conducted 17.87 lakh tests during the previous day, taking the total to 53.86 crore tests so far.
covid table:
|
cases |
active case |
discharged |
deaths |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
one day |
-(2,968) |
37,681 |
260 |
34,973 |
|
till now |
390646 |
3,23,42,299 |
4,42,009 |
3,31,74,954 |
Source: Ministry of Health
until 8:00 a.m. Friday
.