The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed on Monday that the government has so far administered 220.05 crore vaccine doses under the Nationwide Vaccination Drive, of which 29,818 were administered in the last 24 hours.

29,818 Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in last 24 hours: Health Ministry
29,818 Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in last 24 hours: Health Ministry© Provided by The Statesman

These total vaccine doses include 95.12 crore Second doses and 22.37 crore Precaution Doses. According to the Health Ministry, 196 new cases of Covid-19 infection were recorded in the last 24 hours. The Daily positivity rate and Weekly positivity rate of the country from infection stand at 0.56 pc and 0.16 pc respectively.

India has seen 0.01 per cent active cases with the Active caseload currently standing at 3,428.

The 190 recoveries from the Coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours have taken the total recoveries so far to 4,41,43,179 at a recovery rate of 98.8 per cent, the ministry said.

So far, a total of 90.99 crore Covid tests have been conducted of which 35, 173 were conducted in the last 24 hours, the ministry said.

In view of the COVID-19 surge in several countries, an alert has been issued in India too.