New Delhi:  According to the Union Health Ministry latest release on Thursday,   India reported 18,454 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. With the addition of new cases, India's active caseload stood at 1,78,831 which accounts for less than one per cent of the total cases and currently it is at 0.52 per cent. In the last 24 hours, 17,561 recoveries were reported. With this, the total recoveries mounted to 3,34,95,808. The recovery rate is 98.15 per cent, the highest since March 2020.

As per the ministry, the weekly positivity rate is at 1.34 per cent, which remained below three per cent for the last 118 days. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 1.48 per cent, which is also less than three per cent for last 52 days. overall tests conducted since the onset of the Covid pandemic amount to more than 59.57 crores. Meanwhile, in the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination drive, India has administered over 100 crore vaccine doses to eligible beneficiaries.

Meanwhile, today Niti Aayog member V.K Paul said that  India reaching the milestone of 100 crore COVID-19 vaccinations in about nine months is a "remarkable achievement," credit for which goes to the state governments, district teams, the grassroots workers as also people of the country. 

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