India today reported 3,714 new coronavirus infections, taking the tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,31,85,049, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated.
The daily positivity rate of 1.62 per cent was observed in the last 24 hours, while the weekly positivity rate was recorded to be 0.91 per cent, the health ministry said.
The active cases rose to 26,976 and the death count climbed to 5,24,708 with 7 fresh fatalities, according to the government data.
Here are the Highlights on coronavirus (COVID-19) cases:
The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country crossed 194.41 crore on Tuesday, the Union Health Ministry said.
A total of 95,089 precaution doses of COVID-19 vaccine were administered to those aged 18-59 years till 7 pm on today, taking the total number of such doses given in this age-group to 28,58,030 so far, according to the health ministry data.
So far, 3.46 crore children in the age group of 12-14 years and 5.96 crore adolescents in the age group 15-18 years have been administered the first dose of the vaccine.
India on April 10 began administering precaution doses of COVID-19 vaccines to all aged above 18 years.
Maharashtra's Thane district has reported 198 new COVID-19 cases, taking its infection tally to 7,11,313, an official said today.
These new cases were recorded on Monday, he said.
The death count in the district remained unchanged at 11,895 and the COVID-19 mortality rate stood at 1.67 per cent, he added.
India records 3,714 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours
Number of deaths due to COVID-19 in last 24 hours: 7
India's active COVID-19 caseload currently stands at 26,976
194.27 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered so far under nationwide vaccination drive
Active cases stand at 0.06%
Recovery rate currently at 98.72%
2,513 recoveries in the last 24 hours increases total recoveries to 4,26,33,365
Daily positivity rate (1.21%)
Weekly positivity rate (0.97%)
85.32 crore total tests conducted so far; 3,07,716 tests conducted in the last 24 hours
Masks A Must In Bengaluru Amid A Spike In Covid CasesWith rising COVID-19 cases in Bengaluru, the civic agency in the city has made masks compulsory in public places and decided to increase the tests for the virus from the existing 16,000 a day to 20,000 a day.
