NEW DELHI: India reported 11,919 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, informed the ministry of health and family welfare on Thursday.

The country also reported 470 deaths in a day. While 11,242 people recovered in the last 24 hours, taking taking the recovery tally to 3,38,85,132.

Meanwhile, the count of active cases in the country has declined to 1,28,762. It comprises 0.37 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020.

The national Covid-19 recovery rate is at 98.28 per cent, the highest since March 2020, the ministry said.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.97 per cent. This has been less than 2 per cent for 45 days, the ministry said.
India’s testing capacity has been ramped up extensively and it has conducted 62,82,48,841 Covid-19 tests so far, according to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said on Thursday.
Of the total testing done so far 12,32,505 samples were tested in the last 24 hours.
Moreover, the administration of 73,44,739vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India’s Covid-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 114.46 Cr (1,14,46,32,851) as per provisional reports till 7 am today. This has been achieved through 1,17,53,091sessions.
(With inputs from agencies)