COVID-19 UPDATE : Vaccination of 1.13 cr doses on Monday for the third time in a week

In a landmark achievement to India's COVID-19 vaccination efforts, more than 1.13 Crore COVID-19 vaccine doses were administered on Monday, Sept 6, a feat achieved thrice in last 11 days.

With the administration of 1,13,53,571vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, country's COVID-19 vaccination coverage surpassed the cumulative figure of 69.90Cr (69,90,62,776) as per provisional reports till 7 am today. This has been achieved through 72,26,439 sessions.

The break-up of the cumulative figureas per the provisional report till 7 am today include:

The Union Government said it is accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country.

The recovery of42,942 patients in the last 24 hours has increased the cumulative tally of recovered patients (since the beginning of the pandemic) to 3,22,24,937. Consequently, India's recovery rate stands at 97.48%.

Sustained and collaborative efforts by the Centre and the States/UTs continue the trend of less than 50,000 Daily New Cases that is being reported for 72 consecutive days now, while 31,222 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours.

The Active Caseload is presently3,92,864. Active cases presently constitute 1.19% of the country's total Positive Cases.

The testing capacity across the country continues to be expanded. The last 24 hours saw a total of 15,26,056tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 53.31 Cr (53,31,89,348) cumulative tests.

While testing capacity has been enhanced across the country, Weekly Positivity Rate at 2.56% remains less than 3% for the last 74 days now. The Daily Positivity rate dips to2.05%. The daily Positivity rate has remained below3% for last 8 days and below 5% for 92 consecutive days now.