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New Delhi : India registered 41,195 new Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours, up from 38,353 on August 11, 2021, taking the tally of cases recorded so far to 3,20,77,706 at 8 am on August 12, 2021. Less than 50,000 Daily New Cases have been reported for 46consecutive days.
On the other hand, a total of 39,069 Covid-19 patients were declared cured / discharged in last 24 hours in the country, down from 40,013 on August 11, 2021, taking the tally to 3,12,60,050 in the country on August 12, 2021. India’s recovery rate stands at 97.45%. This is the highest ever recovery rate achieved by India since the start of the pandemic, according to Union Health Ministry figure.
India’s Active Caseload was 3,87,987 on August 12, 2021, an increase of 1,636 cases in last 24 hours. Active cases now constitute only 1.21% of the country’s total Positive Cases, which is the lowest since March 2020.
Meanwhile, India’s Covid-19 vaccination coverage has crossed the landmark of 52 crore. Cumulatively, 52,36,71,019 vaccine doses have been administered through 59,97,068 sessions, as per the provisional report till 7 am on August 12, 2021. A total of 44,19,627 vaccine doses were administered in the last 24 hours.
A total of 21,24,953 sample tests were conducted in the last 24 hours in the country. Cumulatively, India has conducted over 48.73 crore (48,73,70,196) sample tests so far.
The Weekly Positivity Rate was 2.23% while the Daily Positivity rate was 1.94% on August 12, 2021. Daily Positivity rate has remained below 3% for last 17 days and below 5% for 66 consecutive days now.
India logged 490 new deaths due to Covid-19 in last 24 hours taking the toll to 4,29,669 on August 12, 2021, including 1,34,364 deaths in in Maharashtra and 36,881 deaths in Karnataka.