India saw a modest increase in the daily infection total on Wednesday, with 8,954 new Covid-19 cases recorded across the country, up from 6,990 cases the day before.
In the last 24 hours, 267 people have died as a result of the viral illness, which is greater than the 190 deaths reported on Tuesday. The overall number of confirmed infections was 34,596,776 people, with 469,247 people dying.
The active caseload fell below the 100,000-mark after 547 days, the Union health ministry said.
It declined by 1,520 cases and stood at 99,023, the data showed. “Active cases account for less than 1% of total cases, currently at 0.29%; Lowest since March 2020,” the ministry said in a statement.
The daily recoveries continued to remain higher than daily infections. Data updated on Wednesday showed 10,207 people were discharged from hospitals during the previous 24 hours as the total recoveries reached 34,028,506 with a recovery rate of 98.36%, the highest since March 2020, the ministry said.
As far as vaccinations are concerned, the cumulative number of doses administered under the country’s vaccination drive exceeded the 1.24 billion-mark.
“With the administration of 80,98,716vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 124.10 Cr (1,24,10,86,850) as per provisional reports till 7 am today,” the ministry said in a statement.
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