India reports 1,225 new COVID cases in last 24 hours, active caseload at 14,307

With the new cases, the active caseload stands at 14,307 which accounts for 0.03 per cent of the country's total positive cases.

Meanwhile, 1,594 patients recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours taking the total recoveries to 4,24,89,004. The current recovery rate is at 98.76 per cent.

With 6,07,987 tests conducted in the last 24 hours, the positivity rate is at 0.20 per cent. As many as 78.91 crore COVID tests have been conducted in the country so far.

India's COVID vaccination coverage has exceeded 184.06 crore as per provisional reports till 7 am today.

The COVID vaccination for the age group 12-14 years was started on March 16, 2022. So far, more than 1.60 crore adolescents have been administered the first dose of COVID vaccine. (ANI)