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New Delhi : India logged only 8,488 new Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours, down from 10,488 cases on November 21, 2021. Less than 50,000 Daily New Cases have been reported in the country for 148 consecutive days now.
In sharp contrast, a total of 12,510 Covid-19 patients were declared cured / discharged in the country in last 24 hours, up from 12,329 on November 21, increasing the cumulative tally of recovered patients since the beginning of the pandemic to 3,39,34,547 on November 22, 2021. India’s recovery rate improved to 98.31% on November 22, 2021.
The Active Caseload dropped to 1,18,443 cases on November 22, 2021, down from 1,22,714 on Novembr 21. Active cases accounted for 0.34% of the country’s total Positive Cases on November 22, the lowest since March 2020, according to Union Health Ministry figure.
The last 24 hours saw a total of 7,83,567 sample tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 63.25 Crore (63,25,24,259) sample tests.
The Weekly Positivity Rate at 0.93% remains less than 2% for the last 59 days now. The Daily Positivity rate was 1.08% on November 22. The daily Positivity rate has remained below 2% for last 49 days and below 3% for 84 consecutive days now.
With the administration of 32,99,337 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India’s Covid-19 vaccination coverage exceeded 116.87 Crore (1,16,87,28,385) as per provisional reports till 7 am November 22, 2021. This has been achieved through 1,20,77,324 sessions.
More than 131 crore (1,31,05,07,060) vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far through Govt of India (free of cost channel) and through direct state procurement category.
More than 21.64 crore (21,64,01,986) balance and unutilised Covid Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered.