August 28, 2026
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India’s Active Caseload Further Declines to 7,29,243

India reports less than 60,000 daily cases after 81 days;  58,419 Daily New Cases reported in the last 24 hours

Less than 1 lakh Daily New Cases have been reported for 13 continuous days now. This is a result of sustained and collaborative efforts by the Centre and the States/UTs.

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New Delhi: India has also been witnessing a continuous fall in the active caseload. The country’s Active Caseload today stands at 7,29,243 today.

A net decline of 30,776 is witnessed in the last 24 hours and active cases are now only 2.44% of the country’s total Positive Cases.

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As more people are getting recovered from COVID-19 infection, India’s Daily Recoveries continue to outnumber the Daily New Cases for 38 consecutive days now. 87,619 recoveries were registered in the last 24 hours.

Over 29 thousand (29,200) more recoveries were reported during the last 24 hours as compared to the daily new cases.

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Out of the people infected since the beginning of the pandemic, 2,87,66,009 people have already recovered from COVID-19 and 87,619 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours. This constitutes an overall recovery rate of 96.27%, which is showing a sustained increasing trend.

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With substantially ramped up testing capacity across the country, a total of 18,11,446tests were conducted in the last 24 hours in the country. Cumulatively, India has conducted over 39.10crore (39,10,19,083) tests so far.

While on one side testing has been enhanced across the country, a continued decline in weekly case positivity is noticed. Weekly Positivity Rate is currently at 3.43% while the Daily Positivity rate stands at 3.22% today. It has remained less than 5% for 13 consecutive days now.

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A total of 27,66,93,572 vaccine doses have been administered through 37,91,686sessions, as per the provisional report till 7 am today. 38,10,554 vaccine doses were administered in the last 24 hours.

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