India reports 42,766 new COVID-19 cases, 1,206 deaths in last 24 hours

New Delhi: India reported 42,766 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, informed the Union Health Ministry on Saturday.

India’s active caseload of COVID-19 cases is at 4,55,033. The active cases constitute 1.48 per cent of the total cases.

The country also reported 1,206 deaths due to COVID-19 and with that, the cumulative fatalities in the country due to viral infection reached 4,07,145.

India reports 42,766 new #COVID19 cases, 45,254 recoveries, and 1,206 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per Health Ministry

Total cases: 3,07,95,716
Total recoveries: 2,99,33,538
Active cases: 4,55,033
Death toll: 4,07,145 pic.twitter.com/DbPlStb4It

— ANI (@ANI) July 10, 2021

Out of the people infected since the beginning of the pandemic, 2,99,33,538 patients have already recovered from COVID-19 and 45,254 recovered in the last 24 hours.

This constitutes an overall recovery rate of 97.20 per cent, which is showing a sustained increasing trend.

The weekly positivity rate also remained below 5 per cent and is currently at 2.34 per cent. Further, the daily positivity rate is at 2.19 per cent, less than 3 per cent for 19 consecutive days.

As per the Indian Council of Medical Research, cumulative total samples tested up to July 9 are 42,90,41,970 including 19,55,225 samples tested yesterday.

India commenced its COVID-19 vaccination drive on January 16 this year. Till date, 37.21 crore vaccine doses have been administered so far under the nationwide vaccination drive.