The deaths also remained below 2,000 mark for the third day in a row. In the last 24 hours, the country reported a total of 1,576 deaths, bringing the total death toll to 3,86,713.
With 87,619 patients discharged in last 24 hours, daily recoveries outnumbered the daily new cases for the 38th consecutive day. The total recoveries have surged to 28,766,009. The country’s active caseload has further declined to 7,29,243.
The daily positivity rate stands at 3.22%,which is less than 5% for 13 consecutive day. A total of 18,11,446 samples were tested yesterday, taking the total testing figures in the country to 39,10,19,083, according to ICMR.
Meanwhile, India’s fight against Covid-19 continues with 38,10,554 more vaccine doses administered in the last 24 hours. The ministry data shows a total of 27. 66 crore vaccine doses have been administered since the start of the drive in January this year.