New Delhi: The number of coronavirus cases is dipping in the country. India reported 127,510 new cases as per the Union health ministry dashboard at 8 am on Tuesday.
The death toll, too, was pushed to 331,895 with 2,795 new fatalities recorded in this duration. Also, recoveries continue to outnumber the single-day rise for nearly three weeks now. In the second week of May, the cases touched four lakh cases.
The number of cases declining, largely due to the lockdown initiated by several state governments. This is also the first time in 36 days that India’s daily Covid-19 death toll has fallen below the 3,000-mark.
The country’s recovery rate has been improving as well, with 25,947,629 people cured of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, as per the coronavirus dashboard at the Union ministry of health and family welfare. India’s Covid-19 recovery rate now resides at 91.60%, it showed.
Although there are 1,895,520 currently active cases in the country, the number has been declining steadily on par with India’s ebbing second wave of the coronavirus.
The health ministry said on Monday said that the decrease in the nationwide Covid-19 tally is directly linked to a sharp fall in cases seen in regions like Delhi, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, and Gujarat. To break the chain of transmission and gain control over the disease spread, states like Bihar, Uttarakhand, and Chhattisgarh have extended their respective coronavirus-induced lockdowns/curfews, even though there will be some relaxation in curbs.
