India reported 23,529 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, an increase of 24 per cent from yesterday when the country had recorded less than 20,000 cases. At least 311 deaths due to the coronavirus were also reported in the last 24 hours.
Number of covid-19 cases rose to 3,37,39,980 with the new infections, while the death count has reached 4,48,062. The active cases comprise 0.82 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020 — the active caseload at present is 2,77,020.
The national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 97.85 per cent, highest since March 2020. At least 28,718 recoveries in the last 24 hours took the total number of recoveries to 3,30,14,898 in India.
The daily positivity rate – number of positive cases identified per 100 – stands at 1.56 per cent, less than 3 per cent for last 31 days.
World leaders thanked India for its help and support in combating the coronavirus pandemic through “early and meaningful” shipments of COVID-19 vaccine doses, as they addressed the high-level UN General Assembly session this year.