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New Delhi : India logged 30,570 new Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours, up from 27,176 cases on September 15, 2021, taking the tally of cases recorded so far in the country to 3,33,47,325 at 8 am on September 16, 2021. Less than 50,000 Daily New Cases have been reported for 81 consecutive days now.
On the other hand, a total of 38,303 Covid-19 patients were declared cured / discharged in the country in last 24 hours taking the tally to 3,25,60,474 on September 16, 2021, with the recovery rate (RR) further improving to 97.64% from 97.62% on September 15.
The Active Caseload was 3,42,923 on September 16, 2021, a drop of 8,164 cases in last 24 hours. Active cases accounted for 1.03% of the country’s total Positive Cases on September 16.
With the administration of 64,51,423 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, country’s Covid-19 vaccination coverage surpassed the cumulative figure of 76.57 crore (76,57,17,137) as per provisional reports till 7 am on September 16, 2021. This has been achieved through 77,22,914 sessions.
The last 24 hours saw a total of 15,79,761 sample tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 54.77 crore (54,77,01,729) cumulative tests.
The Weekly Positivity Rate at 1.93% remains less than 3% for the last 83 days now. The Daily Positivity rate was 1.94% on September 16. The daily Positivity rate has remained below 3% for last 17 days and below 5% for 100 consecutive days now.
India logged 431 new deaths due to Covid-19 in last 24 hours, up from 284 on September 15, 2021, taking the toll to 4,43,928 on September 16, 2021.