India recorded 12,514 fresh infections in the past 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry reported.
The recovery rate at 98.20 per cent accounted for 12,718 recuperations in the last 24 hours taking the total recoveries to 3,36,68,560. The daily positivity rate stood at 1.42 per cent, less than 2 per cent since the past 28 days.
The active caseload stands at 1,58,817 accounting for 0.46 per cent of the total number of cases. 455 active cases were reported in the last 24 hours. However, the mortality rate recorded at 1.34 per cent reported 251 fatalities, taking the cumulative death toll to 4,58,437.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a virtual summit with the 40 district magistrates of the nation to discuss the reasons for sluggish COVID-19 vaccination coverage.
An official statement issued by the PM office read, “immediately upon returning to the country after attending the COP 26 (in Glasgow, Scotland), Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a review meeting with districts having low vaccination coverage, on November 3 at noon via video conferencing”.
The meeting shall focus on districts where less than 50 per cent of the population has taken first shot of COVID-19 vaccine. Earlier, Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya held a meeting with state health ministers to announce ‘Har Ghar Dastak’, a door-to-door campaign to boost vaccination numbers.