The number of Covid-19 cases is dropping. The single-day rise in fresh cases was recorded below 40,000 after 102 days. According to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday, India’s COVID-19 infection tally to 3,03,16,897, while the daily fatalities remained below 1,000 for the second consecutive day.
India saw 37,566 new cases being reported in a day, while the COVID-19 death count rose to 3,97,637 with 907 daily fatalities, the lowest in 77 days. By 7 am, 32.90 crore cumulative vaccine doses have been administered so far under the nationwide vaccination drive.
The number of active cases has further declined to 5,52,659, comprising 1.82 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has improved to 96.87 per cent, the data updated at 8 am showed.
A net decline of 20,335 cases has been recorded in the virus count in a span of 24 hours. Also, 17,68,008 tests were conducted on Monday, taking the total cumulative tests done so far for detection of COVID-19 in the country to 40,81,39,287, while the daily positivity rate has declined to 2.12 per cent . It has been less than 5 per cent for 22 consecutive days, the ministry said.
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