132 days on, India reports under 30,000 new Covid-19 cases
Coronavirus India updates: India recorded less than 30,000 fresh Covid-19 cases after 132 days while coronavirus active caseload fell below 4 lakh after 124 days on Tuesday, according to the Union Health Ministry data.
At least 29,689 new Covid-19 infections took the country's tally of coronavirus cases to 3,14,40,951 while 415 fresh fatalities pushed the Covid-19 death toll to 4,21,382, the Health Ministry data stated while giving coronavirus updates on India.
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The number of Covid-19 active cases dropped to 3,98,100 and comprises 1.27 per cent of the total infections. The national coronavirus recovery rate improved to 97.39 per cent, it stated. The number of active cases fell by 13,089 in a span of 24 hours.
As many as 17,20,110 tests were conducted on Monday, taking the total number of tests done so far to 45,91,64,121.The daily Covid-19 positivity rate declined to 1.73 per cent. The weekly positivity rate was recorded at 2.33 per cent, the ministry data stated.
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The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 3,06,21,469, while the case fatality rate stands at 1.34 per cent.
The total number of Covid vaccine doses administered so far as part of the nationwide vaccination drive has reached 44.19 crore.
The 415 new fatalities include 135 from Kerala, 62 from Odisha and 53 from Maharashtra.
- PTC News
