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New Delhi : Active cases count further declined to 3,19,551 cases in India on August 24, 2021, a drop of 14,373 cases in last 24 hours, as 39,486 Covid-19 patients were declared cured / discharged in the country in last 24 hours. The Active Caseload of 3,19,551 is lowest in 156 days. At 0.98%, Active cases presently form less than 1% of the country’s total Positive Cases. In fact, the Active caseload is lowest since March 2020.
The recovery of 39,486 patients in the last 24 hours has increased the cumulative tally of recovered patients (since the beginning of the pandemic) to 3,17,20,112, with the recovery rate (RR)further improving to 97.68% on August 24, 2021, from 97.63% on August 23, the highest since March 2020, according to Union Health Ministry figure.
India recorded 25,467 new Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours taking the tally of cases registered so far in the country to 3,24,74,773 at 8 am on August 24, 2021,continuing the trend of less than 50,000 Daily New Cases for 58 consecutive days.
India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has surpassed the cumulative figure of 58.89 crore (58,89,97,805) as per provisional reports till 7 am on August 24, 2021.This has been achieved through 65,03,493 sessions.
The last 24 hours saw a total of 16,47,526 sample tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 50.93 crore (50,93,91,792) cumulative tests.
While testing capacity has been enhanced across the country, Weekly Positivity Rate at 1.90% remains less than 3% for the last 60 days now. The Daily Positivity rate was 1.55% on August 24, 2021. The daily Positivity rate has remained below 3% for the last 29 days and below 5% for 78 consecutive days now.
India logged 354 new deaths due to Covid-19 in last 24 hours taking the toll to 4,35,110 on August 24, 2021.