India reports 3,451 new Covid cases with 40 deaths

New Delhi, May 8: India recorded 3,451 fresh Covid-19 cases with 40 deaths in the last 24 hours, Union Health Ministry data said on Sunday.

India's Active Caseload currently stands at 20,635 and it now constitutes 0.05% of the country's total Positive Cases. Consequently, India's recovery rate stands at 98.74%. 3,079 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours and the cumulative tally of recovered patients (since the beginning of the pandemic) is now at 4,25,57,495.

Weekly Positivity Rate in India currently stands at 0.83% and the Daily Positivity rate is also reported to be 0.96%.

The last 24 hours saw a total of 3,60,613 COVID-19 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 84.06 Cr (84,06,93,082) cumulative tests.

India's COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 190.20 Cr (1,90,20,07,487) as per provisional reports till 7 am today. This has been achieved through 2,36,46,697 sessions.

Covid-19 vaccination for the age group 12-14 years was started on 16 March, this year. So far, more than 3.04 Cr (3,04,48,722) adolescents have been administered with the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine. Similarly, the COVID-19 precaution dose administration for age group 18-59 years also started from 10th April.

The countrywide vaccination drive was rolled out on January 16 last year with healthcare workers getting inoculated in the first phase. Vaccination of frontline workers started from February 2 last year.

The next phase of COVID-19 vaccination commenced on March 1 last year for people over 60 years of age and those aged 45 and above with specified comorbid conditions. India launched vaccination for all people aged more than 45 years from April 1 last year.

The government then decided to expand its vaccination drive by allowing everyone above 18 years of age to be inoculated against the viral disease from May 1 last year. The next phase of vaccination commenced from January 3 for adolescents in the age group of 15-18 years in 2022.

India began administering precaution doses of vaccines to healthcare and frontline workers and those aged 60 and above with comorbidities from January 10.

The country began inoculating children aged 12-14 from March 16 and also removed the comorbidity clause, making all people aged above 60 eligible for the precaution dose of Covid vaccine.