Covid flash: India reports rise in daily count, 48,000+ fresh cases in 24 hours

India has reported 48,786 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours. Active caseload declined to 5,23,257; it constitutes 1.72% of total cases. A total of 33.57 crore vaccine doses have been administered so far. India has registered 61,588 recoveries in the last 24 hours. So far, 2,94,88,918 patients have recovered across the country. Daily recoveries outnumbered daily new cases for 49th consecutive day. The coronavirus recovery rate increased to 96.97%. The weekly covid positivity rate remained at 2.64%. Daily positivity rate at 2.54%, less than 5% for 24th consecutive days. Testing capacity ramped up, a total of 41.20 crore tests conducted.