New Delhi: India recorded a single-day rise of 157 new Covid-19 cases, while the count of active cases of the disease has marginally decreased to 3,421, according to Union Health Ministry data updated Tuesday.
The tally of Covid cases in the country has now gone up to 4.46 crore (4,46,77,459).
The death toll due to the disease stands at 5,30,696 with one fatality being reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am showed.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.32 per cent, while the weekly positivity was pegged at 0.18 per cent, the health ministry said.
It said 49,464 tests for the detection of Covid-19 were conducted in the last 24 hours.
Active cases now comprise 0.01 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate has increased to 98.80 per cent, according to the ministry.
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A decrease of seven cases was recorded in the active Covid-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease has surged to 4,41,43,342 while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.19 per cent.
According to the ministry’s website, 220.06 crore doses of vaccines 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, 50 lakh September 16, 60 lakh September 28, 70 lakh October 11, 80 lakh October 29, 90 lakh November 20 and the one-crore mark December 19, 2020.
The country crossed the grim milestones of two crore cases May 4, 2021, three crore June 23, 2021 and four crore January 25 this year.
