India reports 2,897 new Covid cases, 54 deaths in the last 24 hours

India on Wednesday reported 2,897 fresh infections in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

With this, active COVID cases in the country stand at 19,494, constituting 0.05 per cent of India's total positive cases.

As per the Ministry, the weekly positivity rate of COVID in India currently stands at 0.74 per cent, while the daily positivity rate was reported to be 0.61 per cent.

In the last 24 hours, 2,986 patients recovered from the virus, taking the cumulative tally of recovered patients, since the beginning of the pandemic, to 4,25,66,935.

As many as 54 COVID deaths were also reported in the last 24 hours.

A total of 4,72,190 COVID-19 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, raising the cumulative tests in the country to over 84.19 crore (84,19,86,891).

India's COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 190.67 crore (1,90,67,50,631) as per provisional reports till 7 am today.