Covid-19 Cases Today: India Sees Marginal Surge With 62K New Cases; Recovery Rate Up To 95.8%

<p>Maintaining the downward trend, India has recorded 62,224 new COVID 19 cases, 1,07,628 discharges &amp; 2542 deaths in the last 24 hrs, as per Union Health Ministry. Recovery rate has increases to 95.80%, weekly positivity rate has dropped to less than 5%, currently at 4.17%. Daily positivity rate is at 3.22%, less than 5% for 9 consecutive days, as per the Ministry of Health.</p> <p>Total cases: 2,96,33,105<br />Total discharges: 2,83,88,100 &nbsp;&nbsp;<br />Death toll: 3,79,573<br />Active cases: 8,65,432 &nbsp;</p> <p>Total Vaccination: 26,19,72,014 (28,00,458 in last 24 hrs)</p> <p><strong>CoWin Registration Not Mandatory, Anyone Aged 18+ Can Walk-in For Vaccination</strong></p> <p>The second wave of Covid-19 in India may have weakened, but the threat is still not reduced. &nbsp;Vaccine is considered to be the biggest protective shield in the battle against Coronavirus. This is why government is running a campaign to get every citizen of the country vaccinated as soon as possible.</p> <p>To ensure that the Covid-19 vaccine is easily accessible to everyone, government on Tuesday said pre-registration for vaccination through online registration and prior booking of appointment is not mandatory to avail vaccination services.</p> <p>In a statement issued by PIB, information has been given by the government that health workers and ASHA workers will go to rural areas and urban slums to ensure that the Covid-19 vaccine reaches every corner of the country and also make people aware of on-site registration. Many people &nbsp;in rural area are still not able to register online. This is the reason why that the speed of Covid vaccination in rural areas is very low.</p>

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