Covid: More than 20,000 new cases, 54 deaths in India

Story by  ATV | Posted by  Nakul Shivani | Date 30-07-2022
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New Delhi

In the last 24 hours, India reported 20,408 new Covid cases and 54 deaths.

The new fatalities took the nationwide death toll to 5,26,312.

The active caseload marginally declined to 1,43,384, accounting for 0.33 per cent of the country's total positive cases.

While the daily positivity rate marginally declined to 5.05 per cent, the weekly positivity rate stood at 4.92 per cent.

As of Saturday morning, India's Covid-19 vaccination coverage exceeded 203.94 crores.

Over 3.89 crore adolescents have been administered with a first dose of Covid-19 jab since the beginning of vaccination drive for this age bracket.

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The central government is currently administering free booster dose to all adults as art of the ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ celebrations.