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New Delhi : India registered 36,571 new Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours taking the tally of cases recorded so far in the country to 3,23,58,829 at 8 am on August 20, 2021. The trend of less than 50,000 Daily New Cases continued for 54 consecutive days.
On the other hand, a total of 36,555 Covid-19 patients were declared cured / discharged in the last 24 hours taking the tally to 3,15,61,635 in the country on August 20, 2021, with the recovery rate (RR) improving to 97.54%,, the highest since March 2020.
The Active Caseload in India was 3,63,605 on August 20, 2021, the lowest in 150 days. Active cases accounted for only 1.12% of the country’s total Positive Cases, the lowest since March 2020, according to Union Health Ministry figure.
Meanwhile, with the administration of 54,71,282 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India’s Covid-19 vaccination coverage surpassed the cumulative figure of 57.22 Cr (57,22,81,488) as per provisional reports till 7 am on August 20, 2021. This has been achieved through 63,56,785 sessions.
The sample testing capacity across the country continues to be expanded. The last 24 hours saw a total of 18,86,271 sample tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 50.26 crore (50,26,99,702) cumulative tests.
The Weekly Positivity Rate was 1.93% on August 20, 2021, less than 3% for the last 56 days now. The Daily Positivity rate was 1.94%. The daily Positivity rate has remained below 3% for the last 25 days and below 5% for 74 consecutive days now.
India logged 540 new deaths due to Covid-19 in last 24 hours taking the toll to 4,33,589 in the country on August 20, 2021.