New Delhi: India recorded 2,827 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,31,13,413, while the active cases dipped to 19,067, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated.
The death count climbed to 5,24,181 with 24 fresh fatalities, the data stated today.
The active cases comprise 0.05 percent of the total infections.
Meanwhile, 3,230 persons recovered in the last 24 hours, taking the recovery rate to 98.74 per cent.
A decrease of 427 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The daily positivity rate was recorded as 0.95 percent and the weekly positivity rate as 0.82 percent, according to the ministry.
Also, 14,85,292 vaccine doses were administered in the past 24 hours. Meanwhile, the Union government is set to relax the norms for Covid vaccine precaution dose, allowing those going overseas to get the jab before the stipulated nine-month waiting period as required by the destination country, sources said on Wednesday.
An official announcement, however, is yet to be made by the Union Health Ministry. Sources said the decision to relax the norms about the precaution dose for overseas travellers was based on recommendations by the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI).
The advisory panel had recommended that those who need to travel overseas can take the precaution dose of Covid vaccine as required by the country they are travelling to before the mandatory nine-month gap. As of now, all those above 18 years who have completed nine months after the second dose are eligible for the precaution jab.