India logs 3,451 new Covid-19 cases, 40 deaths in 24 hours
New Delhi, May 8: India witnessed a slight decrease in Covid-19 cases with the country reporting 3,451 fresh infections in a day. With this, the active cases of Covid-19 infection reach 20,635, according to Union Health Ministry data.
On Saturday, the country logged 3,805 fresh Covid-19 cases. The active cases now constitute 0.05 percent of the total infections, the health ministry updated, adding that the country's Covid-19 recovery rate is at 98.74 percent.
This comes as 3,079 recoveries were reported in the last 24 hours, taking total recoveries to 4,25,57,495.
The country also reported 40 fatalities due to Covid-19 infection in the last 24 hours, the ministry updated on Sunday.
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In India, the daily positivity rate is 0.96 percent while the weekly positivity rate is 0.83%.
With 3,60,613 Covid-19 tests conducted in the past 24 hours, the country has tested 84.06 crore samples to detect the infection so far.
The Health Ministry said that 190.20 crore vaccine doses had been administered so far as part of the nationwide Covid-19 vaccination drive.
The Centre has distributed over 193.53 crore Covid vaccination doses to states and union territories so far, with over 18.47 crore balance and unutilized doses still available.
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-PTC News
