India reported 2,961 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, witnessing a fall from Friday’s tally of 3,611 cases, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday.
According to the Ministry, the country’s active caseload currently stands at 30,041. The country reported 6,135 recoveries in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of recoveries to 4,44,05,550. The present recovery rate stands at 98.75 per cent.
The daily positivity rate of the country is 2.12 per cent while the weekly positivity rate stood at 2.63 per cent.
According to the Ministry, 1,198 doses of COVID vaccines were administered in the last 24 hours. The total number of vaccine doses administered rose to 220.66 crores under the Nationwide Vaccination Drive programme.
As many as 1,39, 814 COVID tests were conducted in the last 24 hours.(ANI)