India on Saturday recorded 6,155 new Covid cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of active cases to 31,194. The daily positivity rate crossed five percent on a national average and stood at 5.63 percent. The weekly positivity rate stood at 3.47 per cent, said the health ministry.
According to the health ministry data, India reported 9 fatalities due to the virus. The total death count stands at 5,30,954. The number of discharged people stood at 4,41,89,111 as per data shared by the ministry on Saturday.
A total of 1,963 doses of vaccines were administered in the last 24 hours. As of now, a total of 220.66 crore vaccines have been inoculated since the nationwide vaccination drive began on January 16, 2021.