New Delhi: In the last 24 hours, India has registered 11,067 new COVID-19 cases and 13,087 recoveries, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare announced on Wednesday.
The new cases take the cumulative count of people infected with the virus in the country to 1,08,58,371, including 1,41,511 active cases and 1,05,61,608 recoveries.
With 94 deaths registered in the last 24 hours, the total number of deaths toll now stands at 1,55,252.
As many as 66,11,561 COVID-19 vaccinations have been administered to the people in the country so far, the Ministry said.
A total of 20,33,24,655 samples have been tested for the coronavirus, out of which 7,36,903 samples were tested on Tuesday, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) informed.
The sustained low number of daily cases and rising recoveries have ensured a continuous fall in active cases, the Union health ministry said on Tuesday.
Comments“India's case fatality rate (CFR) of 1.43 per cent is amongst the lowest in the world and the global average is 2.18 per cent,” the ministry added.
