India’s Covid vaccination coverage crosses 170 Crore mark

New Delhi: More than 170 crore 21 lakh doses of COVID vaccine have been administered in the country under Nationwide Vaccination Drive so far.

Union Health Ministry said, more than 55 lakh 78 thousand doses were administered in the last 24 hours. The Ministry said, a total of 67 thousand 597 new cases were reported during same period. India’s Active caseload currently stands at over nine lakh 94 thousand.

The recovery rate is currently at 96.46 per cent. In the last 24 hours, a total of one lakh 80 thousand 456 people recovered and total recoveries touched over four crore eight lakh. The weekly positivity rate currently stands at 8.30 per cent while the Daily positivity rate is at 5.02 per cent. Over 74 crore 29 lakh COVID tests have been conducted in the country so far. In the last 24 hours, more than 13 lakh 46 thousand tests were conducted.