India logs 39,097 new COVID-19 cases in last 24 hrs

The positivity rate remained below 3 per cent for the 33 consecutive days. With the fresh cases, the country's tally of cases has climbed to 3,13,32,159.

New Delhi: With 39,097 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, India’s daily positivity rate stood at 2.40 per cent.

The positivity rate remained below 3 per cent for the 33 consecutive days. With the fresh cases, the country’s tally of cases has climbed to 3,13,32,159.

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The active cases further declined to 4,08,977, while it constitutes 1.31 per cent of total cases.
The COVID-19 death toll climbed to 4,20,016 with 546 fresh fatalities in the last 24 hours.
India witnessed 35,087 recoveries from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the recovery tally to 3,05,03,166.

As per the health ministry, the weekly positivity rate remained below 5 per cent and stood at 2.22 per cent, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was at 97.35 per cent.

Testing capacity substantially ramped up as 44.45 crore samples have been tested.

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), a total of 45,45,70,811 samples were tested for COVID-19 up to July 22, and out of these, 16,32,266 samples were tested yesterday.

The Union Health Ministry further informed that the cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered under the nationwide vaccination drive has reached 42,78,82,261.