India logs 15,823 new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours; recovery rate increases to 98.06%

New Delhi: India recorded 15,823 fresh coronavirus cases, taking the infection tally to 3,40,01,743 on Wednesday, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate increased to 98.06 percent, according to the Union Health Ministry’s data. The death toll reached 4,51,189 with 226 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed. The daily rise in new coronavirus infections has been below 30,000 for 19 straight days and less than 50,000 daily new cases have been reported for 108 consecutive days now. The active cases have declined to 2,07,653 comprising 0.61 percent of the total infections while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.06 percent, the ministry said. A decrease of 7,247 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. A total of 13,25,399 tests were conducted on Tuesday, taking the number of cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of COVID-19 in the country to 58,63,63,442. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 3,33,42,901, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.33 per cent. Over 96.43 crore vaccine doses have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide vaccination drive. India’s COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20 lakh-mark on 7 August 2020, 30 lakh on 23 August, 40 lakh on 5 September and 50 lakh on 16 September. It went past 60 lakh on 28 September, 70 lakh on 11 October, crossed 80 lakh on 29 October, 90 lakh on 20 November and surpassed the one-crore mark on 19 December. India crossed the grim milestone of two crore on 4 May and three crore on 23 June.