NEW DELHI:  India Saturday reported 21,411 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours. It shows a decline from the 21,880 infections recorded on  day, the Union Health Ministry said in a release.

Also in the corresponding period, there were 67 new fatalities which took the nationwide Covid death toll to 5,25,997. The active caseload of India has hiked to 1,50,100, accounting for 0.34 percent of India's total positive cases.

The covid recovery of 20,726 patients in the last 24 hours took the cumulative tally to 4,31,92,379. with this effect, India's recovery rate stands at 98.46 percent.

While the daily positivity rate climbed to 4.46 percent, the weekly positivity rate stood at 4.46 percent. Also in the corresponding period, a total of 4,80,202 tests were conducted across the country, increasing the overall tally to more than 87.21 crore.

As of Saturday, July 23,  morning, India's Covid-19 vaccination coverage surpassed 201.68 crore, achieved via 2,66,09,306 sessions.

Over 3.84 crore adolescents have been administered the first dose of Covid-19 vaccination since the beginning of immunisation drive for this age bracket.

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