With 42,766 new COVID-19 cases, India's active cases mount to 4,10,048

India reports 42,766 new COVID-19 cases and 308 fatalities in the last 24 hours.

New Delhi: India reports 42,766 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours takign the total tally to 3,29,88,673 while 308 fatalities push the death toll to 4,40,533. The active cases in India account for 1.24% of total cases with its caseload mounts to 4,10,048, as per the Union Health Ministry data.

An increase of 4,367 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The ministry said less than 50,000 daily new cases are being reported for 70 consecutive days.

The weekly positivity rate is at 2.62% less than 3% for last 72 days, the daily positivity rate reported to be 2.45%. With 38,091 recoveries in the last 24 hours increases the total recoveries rises to 3,21,38,092, while the recovery rate rose to 97.42%. 

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As many as 53.00 crore tests have been conducted so far. While, atleast 68.46 Crore vaccine doses have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive.