India administers over 47.2 crore vaccinations for COVID-19

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage crossed the 47.2 crores mark. 47,22,23,639 vaccine doses have been administered through 55,99,690 sessions, as per the provisional report till 7 am today.

Out of the people infected since the beginning of the pandemic 3,08,57,467 people have already recovered from COVID-19 and 36,946 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours. This constitutes an overall recovery rate of 97.35 percent, which is showing a sustained increasing trend.

India has reported 40,134 daily new cases in the last 24 hours. India’s active caseload stands at 4,13,718 and active cases now constitute 1.31percent of the country's total positive cases.

While on one side testing capacity has been enhanced across the country, a continued decline in weekly case positivity is noticed. Weekly positivity rate is currently at 2.42 percent while the daily positivity rate stands at 2.37percent today. Daily positivity rate has remained below five percent for 56 consecutive days now.

India recorded over 40,000 fresh cases on Sunday. The day's tally stood at 40,800. There were 418 deaths reported on the day.