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New Delhi : India logged 38,948 new Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours, down from 42,766 cases on September 5, 2021, taking the tally of cases registered so far to 3,30,27,621 at 8 am on September 6, 2021. Less than 50,000 Daily New Cases have been reported for 71 consecutive days now.
On the other hand, a total of 43,903 Covid-19 patients were declared cured / discharged in the country in last 24 hours, up from 38,091 on September 5, 2021, taking the tally of recoveries to 3,21,81,995 on September 6, 2021, with the recovery rate (RR) improving to 97.44% from 97.42% on SEptember 5, 2021.
The Active Caseload was 4,04,874 on September 6, 2021, a drop of 5,174 cases in last 24 hours and accounted for 1.23% of the country’s total Positive Cases, down from 1.24% on September 5, 2021, according to Union Health Ministry figure.
With the administration of 25,23,089 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India’s Covid-19 vaccination coverage has surpassed the cumulative figure of 68.75 crore Cr (68,75,41,762) as per provisional reports till 7 am on September 6, 2021. This has been achieved through 71,77,219 sessions.
The last 24 hours saw a total of 14,10,649 sample tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 53.14 crore (53,14,68,867) cumulative tests.
The Weekly Positivity Rate at 2.58% remains less than 3% for the last 73 days now. The Daily Positivity rate was 2.76% on September 6, 2021. The daily Positivity rate has remained below 3% for last 7 days and below 5% for 91 consecutive days now.
India recorded 219 new deaths due to Covid-19 in last 24 hours, down 308 deaths on September 5, 2021, taking the toll to 4,40,752 in the country on September 6, 2021, with the case fatality rate being 1.33%.