India reports 41,383 fresh Covid-19 cases, Daily positivity rate at 2.41%

New Delhi:  India reported 41,383 fresh coronavirus cases, which takes the tally to 3,12,57,720, according to the data released by Union Health Ministry on Thursday.

The weekly positivity rate remains below 5%, currently at 2.12 % whereas the daily positivity rate is at 2.41 % which is less than 3 % for 31 consecutive days.

As many as 507 patients have succumbed to COVID-19, which takes the total toll to 4,18,987.

A total of 38,652 patients recovered in the same time span, taking the number of recoveries to 3,04,29,339. Hence, the recovery rate remains at 97.35%.

The daily active caseload declines to 4,09,394 in the last 24 hours, which constitutes 1.31 % of total cases.

As of now, a total of 41,18,46,401 citizens of the country have been vaccinated including 60,04,750 in last 24 hours.

The total number of samples tested up to July 21 is 45,09,11,712 including 17,18,439 samples tested on Wednesday, informed the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).