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New Delhi : India logged 27,176 new Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours, up from 25,404 cases on September 14, 2021, taking the tally of cases registered so far to 3,33,16,755 cases at 8 am on September 15, 2021. Less than 50,000 Daily New Cases have been reported for 80 consecutive days now.
On the other hand, a total of 38,012 Covid-19 patients were declared cured / discharged in last 24 hours, up from 37,127 recoveries on September 14, taking the tally to 3,25,22,171 recoveries on September 15, 2021, with the recovery rate (RR) further improving to 97.62% from 97.58% on September 14, 2021.
The Active Caseload in the country was 3,51,087 on September 15, 2021, a drop of 11,120 cases in last 24 hours. Active cases accounted for 1.05% of the country’s total Positive Cases on September 15, according to Union Health Ministry figure.
With the administration of 61,15,690 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, country’s Covid-19 vaccination coverage surpassed the cumulative figure of 75.89 crore (75,89,12,277) as per provisional reports till 7 am on September 15, 2021. This has been achieved through 76,68,216 sessions.
The testing capacity across the country continues to be expanded. The last 24 hours saw a total of 16,10,829 sample tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 54.60 crore (54,60,55,796) cumulative tests.
The Weekly Positivity Rate at 2.00% remains less than 3% for the last 82 days now. The Daily Positivity rate was 1.69% on September 15, 2021. The daily Positivity rate has remained below 3% for last 16 days and below 5% for 99 consecutive days now.
India recorded 284 new deaths due to Covid-19 in last 24 hours, down from 339 deaths on September 14, 2021, taking the toll to 4,43, 497 on September 15, 2021.