India COVID19
Spike continues: India records 40,953 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours
New Delhi: India clocked 40,953 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, as per Ministry of Health released data on Saturday.
It is one of the biggest spike in cases in recent times.
The death toll due to the highly infectious virus now stands at 1,59,558 with 188 fresh deaths reported during the past 24 hours.
According to the Union Health Ministry, the active cases rose by 17,112 to stand at 2,88,394. It is now 2.50 per cent of the total caseload.
The past 24 hours saw 23,653 people recovering from the deadly virus, taking the total recovery count to 1,11,07,332, which is 96.12 per cent of the case tally. The fatality rate stood at 1.38 per cent.
Meanwhile, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said that a total of 23,24,31,517 lakh samples have been tested so far for coronavirus. Out of this, 10,60,971 were tested in the past one day.
On the vaccination front, a total of 27,23,575 vaccine doses have been administered in the past day, mounting the total number of vaccinations to 4,20,63,392.
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