Covid-19: India records over 30,948 cases in last 24 hours

India has reported 30,948 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the tally to 3,24,24,234 on Sunday. The death toll rose to 4,34,367 with 403 fresh fatalities, according to Union health ministry data on August 22. The active cases comprise 1.09% of the total infections, the lowest since March last year. A reduction of 7,942 cases has been recorded in the active caseload in a span of 24 hours. India’s active caseload is currently 3,53,398 the lowest in 152 days.

India’s Covid-19 tally had crossed the grim milestone of the one-crore mark on December 19, 2020. By May 4, it had crossed two crores and as of June 23, the number of cases had risen to three crores.

The weekly positivity rate stands at 2% and has been below 3% for the last 58 days, the ministry said. The daily positivity rate stands at 1.95%. It has been less than 3% for the last 27 days, according to the ministry.

The number of people who have recovered from the disease rose to 3,16,36,469, with the recovery rate at 97.57%, data from the health ministry showed.

Covid-19 tests and vaccination drive

As many as 15,85,681 tests were conducted on Saturday taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of Covid-19 in the country to 50,62,56,239.

Also, 58.14 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses have been administered under the nationwide vaccination drive.