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New Delhi : India reported only 7,579 new Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours, down from 8,488 cases on November 22, 2021. Less than 50,000 Daily New Cases have been reported for 149 consecutive days now.

On the other hand, a total of 12,202 Covid-19 patients were declared cured / discharged in the country in last 24 hours, down from 12,510 recoveries on November 22, 2021, increasing the cumulative tally of recovered patients since the beginning of the pandemic to 3,39,46,749 on November 23, 2021, according to Union Health Ministry figure. India’s recovery rate (RR) improved to  98.32% on November 23, 2021.

The Active Caseload dropped to 1,13,584 in the country, down from 1,18,443 cases on November 22, 2021. Active cases accounted for 0.33% of the country’s total Positive Cases, the lowest since March 2020.

The last 24 hours saw a total of 9,64,980 sample tests being conducted in the country. India has so far conducted over 63.34 Crore (63,34,89,239) sample tests.

The Weekly Positivity Rate at 0.93% remains less than 2% for the last 60 days now. The Daily Positivity rate was  0.79% on November 23, 2021. The daily Positivity rate has remained below 2% for last 50 days and below 3% for 85 consecutive days now.

With the administration of 71,92,154 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India’s Covid-19 vaccination coverage exceeded 117.63 Crore (1,17,63,73,499) as per provisional reports till 7 am on November 23, 2021. This has been achieved through 1,21,69,135 sessions.