Covid-19: India records lowest daily rise in 111 days
A net decline of 17,714 cases has been recorded in the active Covid-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
India saw a single-day rise of 34,703 coronavirus infections, the lowest in 111 days, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,06,19,932, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday.
The death toll climbed to 4,03,281 with 553 daily fatalities, the lowest in around 91 days. The active cases have further declined to 4,64,357, the lowest in 101 days, and comprise 1.52% of the total infections.
The national Covid-19 recovery rate has improved to 97.17%, the data updated at 8 am showed. A net decline of 17,714 cases has been recorded in the active Covid-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
Also, 16,47,424 tests were conducted on Monday taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of Covid-19 in the country to 42,14,24,881, while the daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.11%.
It has been less than 3% for 15 consecutive days, the ministry said, adding the weekly positivity rate has declined to 2.40%, according to the ministry.
Recoveries continue to outnumber daily new cases for the 54th consecutive day.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 2,97,52,294, while the case fatality rate stands at 1.32%, the data stated. Cumulative vaccine doses administered so far have reached 35.75 crores under Nationwide Vaccination Drive. India’s Covid-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5, and 50 lakh on September 16. It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20, and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19. India crossed the grim milestone of two crores on May 4 and three crores on June 23
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