New Delhi: India logged 862 new coronavirus infections, the lowest in 196 days, taking the tally of Covid-19 cases to 4,46,44,938, while the active cases declined to 22,549, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated Tuesday.
The death toll climbed to 5,28,980 with three fatalities which include two deaths reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated. One death has been reported from Delhi in the last 24 hours.
The country had earlier reported low Covid cases on April 11 when 796 infections were logged.
The active cases comprise 0.05 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate increased to 98.76 per cent, the ministry said.
A decrease of 644 cases has been recorded in the active Covid-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
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The daily positivity rate was recorded at 1.35 per cent while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 1.02 per cent, according to the ministry.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,40,93,409, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.18 per cent.
According to the ministry, 219.56 crore doses of Covid vaccine have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide Covid-19 vaccination drive. India’s Covid-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark August 7, 2020, 30 lakh August 23, 40 lakh September 5 and 50 lakh September 16. It went past 60 lakh September 28, 70 lakh October 11, crossed 80 lakh October 29, 90 lakh November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark December 19.
The country crossed the grim milestone of two crore May 4 and three crore June 23 last year. It crossed the four-crore mark January 25 this year.
