Less than 3 Lakh daily New Cases for six Successive days
New Delhi, May 22:
With more than 20.66 Lakh tests conducted in the last 24 hours, India has again set a new record of highest tests conducted in a day. This is also the fourth successive day of more than 20 lakh tests in India.
The daily positivity rate has declined to 12.45%.
Cumulatively, 20,66,285 tests conducted in the last 24 hours in the country.
India’s Daily Recoveries continue to outnumber the Daily New Cases for the ninth consecutive day. 3,57,630 recoveries were registered in the last 24 hours.
India’s cumulative recoveries have reached 2,30,70,365 today. The National Recovery Rate has grown further to touch 87.76%.
Ten states account for 73.46% of the new recoveries.
In another positive development, India has recorded less than 3 lakh Daily New cases for six consecutive days now.
2,57,299 Daily New Cases were registered in the last 24 hours.
Ten States reported 78.12% of the new cases in last 24 hours. Tamil Nadu has reported the highest daily new cases at 36,184, followed by Karnataka with 32,218 new cases.
On the other hand, India’s total Active Caseload has decreased to 29,23,400 today.
A net decline of 1,04,525 is witnessed in the last 24 hours.
It now comprises 11.12% of the country’s total Positive Cases.
8States cumulatively account for 69.94% of India’s total Active Cases.
The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country exceeded 19.33 Cr today under the Phase-3 of the nationwide Vaccination Drive.
A total of 19,33,72,819 vaccine doses have been administered through 27,76,936 sessions, as per the provisional report till 7 am today. These include 97,38,148 HCWs who have taken the 1st dose and 66,91,350 HCWs who have taken the 2nd dose, 1,48,70,081 FLWs (1st dose), 83,06,020 FLWs (2nd dose), 92,97,532 beneficiaries under 18-44 age group (1st dose), 6,02,11,957 (1stdose) and 96,84,295 (2nd dose) beneficiaries aged 45 to 60 years. 5,63,83,7601st dose beneficiaries and 1,81,89,676 2nd dose beneficiaries of more than 60 years old.
Ten states account for 66.30% of the total doses given so far in the country.
