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New Delhi : India recorded 34,403 new Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours, up from 30,570 cases on September 16, 2021, taking the tally of cases recorded so far in India to 3,33,81,781 at 8 am on September 17, 2021. Less than 50,000 Daily New Cases that have been reported for 82 consecutive days now.
On the other hand, a total of 37,950 Covid-19 patients were declared cured / discharged in the country in last 24 hours, down from 38,303 recoveries on September 16, 2021, taking the tally to 3,25,98,424 on September 17, 2021, with the recovery rate rate (RR) improving to 97.65% from 97.64% a day before.
The Active Caseload was 3,39,056 on September 17, 2021, a drop of 3,867 cases in last 24 hours. Active cases accounted for 1.02% of the country’s total Positive Cases from 1.03% on September 16.
With the administration of 63,97,972 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, country’s Covid-19 vaccination coverage surpassed the cumulative figure of 77.24 crore (77,24,25,744) as per provisional reports till 7 am on September 17, 2021. This has been achieved through 77,78,319 sessions.
The last 24 hours saw a total of 15,27,420 sample tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 54.92 crore (54,92,29,149) cumulative tests.
The Weekly Positivity Rate at 1.97% remains less than 3% for the last 84 days now. The Daily Positivity rate was 2.25% on September 17, 2021. The daily Positivity rate has remained below 3% for last 18 days and below 5% for 101 consecutive days now.
India logged 320 new deaths in last 24 hours, down from 431 deaths on September 16, 2021, taking the toll to 4,44,248 on September 17, 2021.