With 17,13,413 Active Cases, the Caseload is below 20 lakhs for three successive days

Daily Recoveries continue to outnumber the Daily New Cases for 21st consecutive day

Recovery Rate further climbs to 92.79%

Daily Positivity Rate at 6.21% continues trend of less than 10% positivity for 10 continuous days

India administers more than 22 crore vaccine doses under National COVID Vaccination Drive

Posted Date:- Jun 03, 2021

India has reported 1,34,154 Daily New Cases in the last 24 hours. The country has recorded less than 2 lakh Daily New Cases for 7 continuous days now. This is a result of collaborative efforts by the Centre and the States/UTs.

India has been witnessing a continuous fall in the active caseload. 17,13,413 active cases have been reported today.

A net decline of 80,232 is witnessed in the last 24 hours and active cases are now only 6.02%of the country's total Positive Cases.

India’s Daily Recoveries continue to outnumber the Daily New Cases for the 21st consecutive day. 2,11,499 recoveries were registered in the last 24 hours.

77,345 more recoveries were reported during the last 24 hours as compared to the daily new cases.

Out of the people infected since beginning of the pandemic 2,63,90,584 people have already recovered from COVID-19 & 2,11,499 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours. This constitutes an overall recovery rate of 92.79%, which is showing an increasing trend.

A total of 21,59,873 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours in the country and cumulatively India has conducted over 35.3 crore (35,37,82,648) tests so far.

While on one side testing has been enhanced across the country, a continued decline in weekly case positivity is noticed. Weekly Positivity Rate is currently at 7.66% while the Daily Positivity rate has reduced and is at 6.21% today. It has remained less than 10% for 10 consecutive days now.

 

The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has exceeded 22.10 Cr today under the Nationwide Vaccination Drive.

A total of 22,10,43,693 vaccine doses have been administered through 31,24,981 sessions, as per the provisional report till 7 am today.

These include:

HCWs

1st Dose

99,12,522

2nd Dose

68,15,468

FLWs

1st Dose

1,58,49,178

2nd Dose

85,84,162

Age Group 18-44 years

1st Dose

2,26,12,866

2nd Dose

59,283

Age Group 45 to 60 years

1st Dose

6,78,84,028

2nd Dose

1,09,73,523

Over 60 years

1st Dose

5,94,06,566

2nd Dose

1,89,46,097

Total

22,10,43,693

 

Release Id :-1723955