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India has reported 16,326 new coronavirus cases and 666 deaths in the last 24 hours, pushing the country's active caseload remains below the 200,000 mark and is presently at 1,73,728 which is lowest in 233 days.

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The death toll reached 4,53,708 with 666 more fatalities. The recovery of 17,677 patients in the same period has increased the cumulative tally of recovered patients to 3,35,32,126.

According to the latest data from the Union Health Ministry that consequently, India's recovery rate stands at 98.16 per cent, currently at its highest peak since March 2020.

The testing capacity across the country continues to be expanded.

Active cases presently constitute 0.51 per cent of the country's total positive cases, which is the lowest since March 2020.

The testing capacity across the country continues to be expanded. The last 24 hours saw a total of 13,64,681 tests being conducted.

While testing capacity has been enhanced across the country, the weekly positivity rate at 1.24 per cent has remained less than 2 per cent for the last 29 days now.

The daily positivity rate at 1.20 per cent has been below 2 per cent for last 19 days and less than 3 per cent for 54 consecutive days now.

With the administration of 68,48,417 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India's COVID-19 inoculation coverage has reached 101.3 crore.

This has been achieved through 1,00,29,602 sessions.