Covid: India logs 20,044 new cases, 56 deaths

Story by  ATV | Posted by  Nakul Shivani • 1 Years ago
A health worker administering Covid vaccine
A health worker administering Covid vaccine

 

New Delhi

India reported 20,044 new Covid infections in the 24-hour cycle till Saturday morning.

This is a marginal rise against previous day's 20,038 count.

In the same period, 56 fatalities took the nationwide death toll to 5,25,660.

Meanwhile, the active caseload has also risen to 1,40,760 cases, accounting for 0.32 per cent of the total positive cases.

Meanwhile, the Daily Positivity rate has also marginally increased to 4.80 per cent, while the Weekly Positivity rate stands at 4.40 per cent.

As of this morning, the Covid-19 vaccination coverage exceeded 199.71 crores.

On Friday the government started a 75-day drive to give free booster dose to all adults in the age group of 18-59 as part of the 75 years of India’s independence celebrations.

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The drive called the Covid Vaccination Amrit Mahotsav saw a 16-fold jump in the pace of vaccination with 13.2 lakh doses administered on day one.