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New Delhi : India logged 38,353 new Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours taking the tally of cases recorded so far in the country to 3,20,36,511 at 8 am on August 11, 2021. Less than 50,000 dily new cases have been reported for forty-five consecutive days.
On the other hand, a total of 40,013 Covid-19 patients were declared cured / discharged in the country in last 24 hours taking the tally to 3,12,20,981 in the country on August 11, 2021 with the recovery rate (RR) improving to 97.45%.This is the highest ever recovery rate achieved by India since the start of the pandemic.
India’s Active Caseload was 3,86,351 on August 11, 2021, a drop of 2,157 cases in last 24 hours, the lowest recorded active cases in 140 days. Active cases now constitute only 1.21% of the country’s total Positive Cases, which is also the lowest since March 2020, according to Union Health Ministry figure.
India’s Covid-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 51.90 crore. Cumulatively, 51,90,80,524 vaccine doses have been administered through 59,57,616 sessions, as per the provisional report till 7 am on August 11, 2021. A total of 41,38,646 vaccine doses were administered in the last 24 hours.
A total of 17,77,962 sample tests were conducted in the last 24 hours in the country. Cumulatively, India has conducted over 48.50 crore (48,50,56,507) tests so far.
Weekly Positivity Rate stands at 2.34% while the Daily Positivity rate was 2.16% on August 11, 2021. Daily Positivity rate has remained below 3% for last 16 days and below 5% for 65 consecutive days now.
India also recorded 497 new deaths due to Covid-19 in last 24 hours with the toll climbing to 4,29,179 in the country.