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New Delhi : India logged 14,348 new Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours, down from 16,156 cases on October 28, 2021. Less than 50,000 Daily New Cases have been reported for 124 consecutive days now.
On the other hand, a total of 13,198 Covid-19 patients were declared cured / discharged in the country in last 24 hours, down from 17,095 recoveries on October 28, 2021, taking the cumulative tally of recovered patients since the beginning of the pandemic to 3,36,27,632 on October 29, 2021. India’s recovery rate (RR) stands was 98.19% on October 29.
The Active Caseload was 1,61,334 in the country on October 29, 2021, up from 1,60,980 cases a day before. Active cases accounted for 0.47% of the country’s total Positive Cases on October 29, the lowest since March 2020.
With the administration of 74,33,392 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India’s Covid-19 vaccination coverage exceeded 104.82 Crore (1,04,82,00,966) as per provisional reports till 7 am on October 29, 2021today. This has been achieved through 1,04,57,932 sessions, according to Union Health Ministry figure.
The last 24 hours saw a total of 12,84,552 sample tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 60.58 Crore (60,58,85,769) sample tests.
The Weekly Positivity Rate at 1.18% remains less than 2% for the last 35 days now. The Daily Positivity rate was 1.12% on October 29, 2021. The daily Positivity rate has remained below 2% for last 25 days and below 3% for 60 consecutive days now.