India reports 1,660 new Covid cases, 4100 deaths as states add backlog numbers

India continues to witness its downward trajectory of fresh COVID-19 cases with the country reporting 1,660 new infections in the last 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday.

The daily positivity rate in the country has also dipped to 0.25 percent, while the weekly positivity rate has dropped to 0.29 percent.

With this, the present active caseload of India is 16,741, accounting for 0.04 percent of total cases.

A total of 78.63 crore tests have been conducted so far in India, with 6,58,489 tests held in the last 24 hours, as per ministry data.

As many as 2,349 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative tally of recovery from the virus 4,24,80,436. 

A total of 182.87 crore vaccine doses have been administered in the country so far under a nationwide vaccination drive.