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New Delhi : India recorded 18,987 new Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours, up from 15,823 cases on October 13, 2021.Less than 50,000 Daily New Cases have been reported for 109 consecutive days now.
On the other hand, a total of 19,808 Covid-19 patients in the last 24 hours, down from 22,844 recoveries on October 13, 2021, taking the tally of recoveries (since the beginning of the pandemic) to 3,33,62,709 on October 14, 2021. India’s recovery rate (RR) improved to 98.07% on October 14, at its highest peak since March 2020, according to a Union Health Ministry figure.
The Active Caseload dropped to 2,06,586 on October 14, 2021, the lowest in 215 days. Active cases accounted for 0.61% of the country’s total Positive Cases on the day.
With the administration of 35,66,347 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India’s Covid-19 vaccination coverage exceeded 96.82 crore (96,82,20,997) as per provisional reports till 7 am on October 14, 2021. This has been achieved through 94,82,108 sessions.
The last 24 hours saw a total of 13,01,083 sample tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 58.76 crore (58,76,64,525) cumulative tests.
The Weekly Positivity Rate at 1.44% remains less than 3% for the last 111 days now. The Daily Positivity rate was 1.46% on October 14. The daily Positivity rate has remained below 3% for last 45 days and below 5% for 128 consecutive days now.