India reported 16,866 new Covid cases, with 41 deaths in the last 24 hours

Rucha Umapurkar : On Monday, India reported 16,866 new COVID-19 cases to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.On Sunday, the nation recorded 20,279 new infections.In the previous 24 hours, 41 people died and 18,148 people were rescued.
The active caseload in India is now 1,50,877. It has a daily positive rate of 7.03 percent.
According to the ministry, 1682390 doses were delivered under the Nationwide Vaccination Drive in the previous 24 hours, out of a total of 2021766615 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses administered throughout the country thus far.

The Central Government is dedicated to speeding up and broadening the scope of COVID-19 immunisation across the country. The national COVID-19 vaccine campaign began on January 16, 2021.

The next phase of COVID-19 vaccine universalization began on June 21, 2021. The immunisation campaign has been stepped up with the availability of additional vaccinations, advance awareness of vaccine availability to states and UTs for improved planning, and simplification of the vaccine supply chain.