India reports 45,892 new COVID19 cases in 24 hrs; daily positivity rate at 2.42 pc

New Delhi: India reported 45,892 new COVID19 cases, 44,291 recoveries, and 817 deaths in the last 24 hours, said Health Ministry on Thursday.

Active cases constitute 1.50% of total cases. Recovery Rate increases to 97.18%. Weekly Positivity Rate below 5%, currently at 2.37%. Daily positivity rate at 2.42%, less than 3% for 17 consecutive days. Testing capacity ramped up – 42.52cr tests total conducted, said Health Ministry.

With this, India’s active caseload of COVID cases has declined to 4,59,920.

Total recoveries touched 2,98,43,825, including 44,291 patients who recovered during the last 24 hours.

42,52,25,897 samples tested for COVID19 up to 7th July 2021. Of these, 18,93,800 samples were tested yesterday, said Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).