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New Delhi : India logged 41,383 new Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours, exceeding the daily recoveries for the second successive day, taking the tally of cases registered so far in the country to 3,12,57,720 at 8 am on July 22, 2021.

On the other hand, a total of 38,652 Covid-19 patients were declared cured / discharged in last 24 hours taking the ally to 3,04,29,339 on July 22, 2021, with the recovery rate (RR) being 97.35%. 

India’s Active Caseload was 4,09,394 on July 22, 2021, an increase of 2,224 cases in last 24 hours, accounting 1.31% of the total cases. The Weekly Positivity Rate was 2.12% while Daily positivity rate was 2.41%, less than 3% for 31 consecutive days on July 22.

The testing capacity has been substantially ramped up and over 45.09 crore (45,09,11,712) sample tests have been conducted so far including 17,18,439 tests on July 21, 2021.

Meanwhile, over 41.78 Crore (41,78,51,151) Vaccine Doses have been administered so far in the country under Nationwide Vaccination Drive including 22,77,679 doses on July 21, 2021.

India recorded 507 new deaths due to Covid-19 in last 24 hours taking the toll to 4,18,987 in the country on July 22, 2021, with the case fatality rate being 1.34%., according to Union Health Ministry figure.