New Delhi: India today registered 8,586 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, as per the health ministry’s updated data.
With this, the total caseload rose to 44,357,546.
Currently, there are 96,506 active cases in the country, comprising 0.22 per cent of the cumulative cases. The death toll climbed to 5,27,368 with 36 fatalities.
Meanwhile, a total of 9,680 patients recovered in the last 24 hours, which brought the total recoveries to 4,37,33,624 across the country. India’s recovery rate now stands at98.59%.
The weekly positivity rate is at 3.31 per cent and the daily positivity rate was 2.19 per cent.
According to the Health Ministry,210.31 cr of COVID-19 vaccines have so far been administered under the nationwide vaccination drive.