India logged 16,299 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of cases to 4,42,06,996 while the active cases declined to 1,25,076, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated today.
The death count climbed to 5,26,879 with 53 fatalities which includes four deaths reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated.
The active cases comprise 0.28 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.53 per cent, the ministry said.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 4.94 per cent while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 4.90 per cent, according to the health ministry.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,35,55,041, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.19 per cent.
According to the ministry, 207.29 crore doses of Covid vaccine have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide vaccination drive.
Koo App#COVID19 Update 💠207.29 cr Total Vaccine doses (93.69 cr Second Dose and 11.49 cr Precaution Dose) have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive 💠25,75,389 doses administered in last 24 hours Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1850747- PIB India (@PIB_India) 11 Aug 2022
India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16. It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19.
The country crossed the grim milestone of two crore on May 4 and three crore on June 23 last year. It crossed the four-crore mark on January 25 this year.
The 49 new fatalities include eight from Delhi, seven from Maharashtra, five each from Karnataka and West Bengal, four from Gujarat, three from Punjab, two each from Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Manipur, Rajastha, Tripura and Uttarakhand and one each from Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Odisha and Sikkim.
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