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New Delhi : India logged 1,59,632 new Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours taking the tally of cases registed so far in the country to 3,55,28,004 at 8 am on January 9, 2022.
On the other hand, a total of 40,863 Covid-19 patients recovered in last 24 hours taking the cumulative tally of recovered patients since the beginning of the pandemic to 3,44,53,603 on January 9, 2022. India’s recovery rate (RR) improved to 96.98% on the day.
India’s Active Caseload was 5,90,611 cases on January 9, 2022, an increase of 1,18,442 in last 24 hours Active cases constituted 1.66% of the country’s total Positive Cases on January 9, 2022, according to Union Health Ministry figure.
The country reported 327 new deaths due to Covid-19 in last 24 hours taking the toll to 4,83,790 on January 9, 2022, with the case fatality rate being 1.36% on the day.
The last 24 hours saw a total of 15,63,566 sample tests being conducted in the country. India has so far conducted over 69 Crore (69,00,34,525) sample tests. TheWeekly Positivity Rate in the country was 6.77% on January 9, 2022, while the Daily Positivity rate was 10.21%.
With the administration of more than 89 lakh (89,28,316) vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India’s Covid-19 vaccination coverage exceeded 151.57 Crore (1,51,57,60,645) as per provisional reports till 7 am on January 9, 2022. This has been achieved through 1,61,76,087 sessions.