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On Saturday, India has recorded 10,929 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, pushing the country's infection tally to 3,43,44,683. 392 fresh fatalities were also recorded, the total death tally in the country has reached to 4,60,265, as per the Union Health Ministry. The daily rise in new coronavirus infections has been below 20,000 for 29 straight days and less than 50,000 daily new cases have been reported for 132 consecutive days now. Active Covid-19 cases in country stand at 1,46,950. 

The daily positivity rate was recorded at 1.35%. It has been less than 2% for last 33 days. The weekly positivity rate was also recorded at 1.27%. It has been below 2% for the last 42 days, according to the health ministry.

As per the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the cumulative doses administered in the country so far under the nationwide Covid-19 vaccination drive has exceeded 107.92 crore. 61,39,65,751 samples tested for Covid-19 up to 5th November 2021, including 8,10,783 samples tested yesterday.  

As per the CoWin dashboard, "every second adult in Delhi is now fully vaccinated against Covid-19 and nearly 9 out of 10 eligible beneficiaries have received at least one dose of the vaccine. Till 8pm on Friday, 42,345 vaccine doses, including 29,593 second shots, were administered in Delhi. The total number of doses administered now stands at 2,06,35,836 and the number of fully vaccinated people has reached 75,24,737."