New Delhi, December 10, 2010 : .India’s Covid-19 vaccination coverage was surpassed by 131.18 Crore according to provisional reports until Friday morning, when the Union Health Ministry reported.
This has been achieved through 1,36,76,290 sessions, a ministry statement said.
The recovery of 7,678 patients in the last 24 hours has increased the cumulative tally of recovered patients (since the beginning of the pandemic) to 3,41,05,066.
India has a recovery rate of 98.36 percent, the highest level since March 2020.
Sustained and collaborative efforts by the Centre and the states and Union Territories continue the trend of less than 15,000 daily new cases that is being reported for last 43 days now, it said.
Meanwhile, 8,503 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours.
India’s active caseload is presently at 94,943, constituting 0.27 per cent of the country’s total positive cases – the lowest since March 2020.
The testing capacity across the country continues to be expanded.The last 24 hours saw 12,93,412 tests being conducted, taking the total to over 65.32 crore.
While testing capacity has been enhanced across the country, weekly positivity rate at 0.72 per cent remains less than 1 per cent for the last 26 days now.The daily positivity rate reported to be 0.66 per cent and has remained below 2 per cent for last 67 days and below 3 per cent for 102 consecutive days now.
In the statement, it was also stated that the Centre monitors Covid-19 vaccination stocks in States and Union Territories to ensure optimal use.The Centre has advised states and UTs to monitor the close expiry of vaccine doses.
Meanwhile, the government has sanctioned 1,563 Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) oxygen generation plants of which 1,463 have been commissioned.These include 1,225 plants which have been installed and commissioned under PMCARES Fund in every district of the country.
Additionally, 338 plants are set up by PSUs of Ministries of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Power, Coal, Railways etc.The states have also been asked to install PSA plants in public health facilities and facilitate their installation in private health facilities.
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