India’s Daily New Cases further decline to 1.65 Lakh Cases, Daily New Cases lowest in last 46 days

More than 30.35 Lakh (30,35,749) vaccine doses given in last 24 hours

New Delhi: A net decline of 1,14,216 is witnessed in the last 24 hours and active cases are now only 7.58% of the country’s total Positive Cases.

As part of continued decline in the daily new cases, the country has recorded less than 2 lakh Daily New Cases for 3 continuous days now. 1,65,553 Daily New Cases were registered in the last 24 hours. India’s Daily Recoveries continue to outnumber the Daily New Cases for the 17th consecutive day.

2,76,309 recoveries were registered in the last 24 hours.1,10,756 more recoveries were reported during the last 24 hours as compared to the daily new cases.

Out of the people infected since beginning of the pandemic 2,54,54,320 people have already recovered from COVID-19 & 2,76,309 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours. This constitutes an overall recovery rate of 91.25%.

Daily Positivity rate has reduced and is at 8.02% today. It has remained less than 10% for 6 consecutive days now.The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has exceeded 21.20 Cr today under the Nationwide Vaccination Drive.

A total of 21,20,66,614 vaccine doses have been administered through 30,07,831 sessions, as per the provisional report till 7 am today. More than 30.35 Lakh (30,35,749) vaccine doses have been given in last 24 hours.

For the month ofJune 2021, 6.09 crore(6,09,60,000) doses of COVID vaccines will be supplied to the States and UTs for vaccination of priority group of Health Care Workers (HCWs), Front-Line Workers (FLWs) and persons aged 45 years + and above as free supply from Government of India. In addition, more than 5.86 crore (5,86,10,000) doses will be available for direct procurement by the state/UTs and Private Hospitals.Therefore, in June 2021 close to 12 crore (11,95,70,000) doses will be available for the national COVID vaccination programme.

Government of India has been receiving international cooperation of COVID-19 relief medical supplies and equipment since 27th April 2021 from different countries/organisations. These are being promptly dispatched/delivered to the States and UTs.

Cumulatively, 18,265 Oxygen Concentrators; 19,085 Oxygen Cylinders; 19 Oxygen Generation Plants; 15,256 ventilators/ BiPAP; 7.7 L Remdesivir vials, 12L Favipiravir tablets delivered/ dispatched through road and air, from 27th April 2021 to 29th May 2021.