India continues its streak of low daily new cases with 16,504 positives recorded in the last 24 hours

With a sustained, pro-active and calibrated approach, the daily new cases in India are on a sustained decline.  16,504 new cases were added to the national tally in the last 24 hours.

The decline in daily cases has ensured a consistent fall in the Active Caseload. India’s active caseload has fallen to 2,43,953 today. The share of Active Cases in the total Positive Cases has further compressed to merely 2.36% of the cumulative caseload.

A net decline of 3,267cases has been recorded in the total active cases in last 24 hours.

India’s total cumulative tests have crossed 17.5 Cr (17,56,35,761). 7,35,978 samples were tested in the last 24 hours.

India’s testing infrastructure has seen a significant boost with 2,299 labs across the country.

One crore tests were conducted in the last 11 days. Higher testing has led to further decline in the cumulative positivity rate (5.89%).

With the rising recoveries and decline in daily new cases, India’s cumulative recoveries are moving closer to 1 Crore. The total recovered cases are nearing 99.5 lakhs (99,46,867) today which translates to a Recovery Rate of 96.19%.

19,557cases have recovered in the last 24 hours.