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New Delhi : India reported 18,346 new Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours, down from 20,799 cases on October 4, 2021, taking the tally of cases recorded so far in the country to 3,38,53,048 at 8 am n October 5, 2021. Less than 50,000 Daily New Cases have been reported for 100 consecutive days now.
In sharp contrast, a total of 29,639 Covid-19 patients were declared cured / discharged in the country in last 24 hours, up from 26,718 recoveries on October 4, 2021, taking the tally to 3,31,50,886 with the recovery rate (RR) improving to 97.93% on October 5, 2021, from 97.87% on the previous day. Recovery Rate is currently at its highest peak since March 2020, according to Union Health Ministry figure.
The Active Caseload on the country was 2,52,902 on October 5, a further drop of 11,556 cases in last 24 hours, the lowest in 201 days. Active cases accounted for 0.75% of the country’s total Positive Cases on the day.
With the administration of 72,51,419 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India’s Covid-19 vaccination coverage crossed the landmark of 91 crore (91,54,65,826) as per provisional reports till 7 am on October 5, 2021. This has been achieved through 88,75,020 sessions.
The last 24 hours saw a total of 11,41,642 sample tests being conducted in the country. India has so far conducted over 57.53 crore (57,53,94,042) cumulative tests.
The Weekly Positivity Rate at 1.66% remains less than 3% for the last 102 days now. The Daily Positivity rate was 1.61% in the country on October 5, 2021. The daily Positivity rate has remained below 3% for last 36 days and below 5% for 119 consecutive days now.
India recorded 263 new deaths due to Covid-19 in last 24 hours, up from 180 deaths on October 4, taking the toll to 4,49,260 in the country on October 5, 2021.