New Delhi, Sep 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) In the last 24 hours, India logged 4,858 new Covid-19 cases and 18 deaths, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday.
The new fatalities have pushed the nationwide death toll to 5,28,355.
The active caseload rose to 48,027, accounting for 0.11 per cent of the country's total positive cases.
The recovery of 4,735 patients in the last 24 hours took the cumulative tally to 4,39,62,664. Consequently, India's recovery rate stands at 98.71 per cent.
Meanwhile, the daily and weekly positivity rates stood at 2.76 per cent and 1.78 per cent, respectively.
Also in the same period, a total of 1,75,935 tests were conducted across the country, increasing the overall tally to over 89.17 crore.
As of Monday morning, India's Covid-19 vaccination coverage exceeded 216.70 crore.
Over 4.08 crore adolescents have been administered with a first dose of Covid-19 jab since the beginning of vaccination drive for this age bracket.
Source: IANS
About Gopi
Gopi Adusumilli is a Programmer. He is the editor of SocialNews.XYZ and President of AGK Fire Inc.
He enjoys designing websites, developing mobile applications and publishing news articles on current events from various authenticated news sources.
When it comes to writing he likes to write about current world politics and Indian Movies. His future plans include developing SocialNews.XYZ into a News website that has no bias or judgment towards any.
He can be reached at gopi@socialnews.xyz