India saw a single day rise of 15,754 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,43,14,618, with the active cases increasing to 1,01,830, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated today.
The death count climbed to 5,27,253 with 47 fatalities which includes eight deaths reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated.
The active cases comprised 0.23 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.58 per cent, the health ministry said.
An increase of 487 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 3.47 per cent, and weekly at 3.90 per cent, according to the health ministry.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,36,85,535, while the overall fatality rate has been 1.19 per cent.
According to the ministry, a total of 209.27 crore doses of COVID vaccine have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive.
Koo App▪️India's Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 209.27Cr ▪️Over 3.99Cr 1st dose vaccines administered for age group 12-14 years ▪️India's Active caseload currently stands at 1,01,830 Read here: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1853023 #IndiaFightsCorona- PIB India (@PIB_India) 19 Aug 2022
India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, and 50 lakh on September 16, the same year.
India crossed the grim milestone of two crore on May 4, 2021, and four crore on January 25 this year.
The 39 new fatalities were composed of eight from Delhi, six from Maharashtra,four from Karnataka, three each from Punjab, Rajastha, and West Bengal, two each from Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, and one each from Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Odisha, Sikkim and Uttarakhand.
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