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New Delhi: With 30,941 people testing positive for coronavirus, the total number of COVID-19 cases in India rose to 3,27,68,880, while active cases declined to 3,70,640, according to data updated by the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday. Went.
The death toll has risen to 4,38,560 with 350 fresh deaths, according to the data updated at 8 am.
Active cases comprise 1.13 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 97.53 per cent, the ministry said.
The active COVID-19 caseload has registered an increase of 5,684 cases in a 24-hour period.
On Monday, 13,94,573 tests were conducted taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far for the detection of COVID-19 in the country to 52,15,41,098.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.22 per cent. The weekly positivity rate was recorded at 2.51 per cent. According to the ministry, it has been below three per cent for the last 67 days.
The number of people recovering from the disease rose to 3,19,59,680, while the death rate stood at 1.34 per cent, the data said.
A total of 64.05 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses have been given till Tuesday morning under the nationwide vaccination campaign.
India’s COVID-19 tally had crossed 20 lakh on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16. It had crossed 60 lakh on 28 September, 70 lakh on 11 October. 80 lakh on 29 October, 90 lakh on 20 November and crossed the one crore mark on 19 December.
India crossed the grim milestone of 20 million on 4 May and 30 million on 23 June.
The 350 new people include 132 from Kerala, 67 from Odisha and 52 from Maharashtra.
A total of 4,38,560 deaths have been reported in the country so far, including 1,37,20 from Maharashtra, 37,293 from Karnataka, 34,899 from Tamil Nadu, 25,081 from Delhi, 22,820 from Uttar Pradesh, 20,673 from Kerala and 18,434 from West Bengal. .
The ministry insisted that more than 70 per cent of the deaths were due to co-morbidities.
“Our data is being collated with the Indian Council of Medical Research,” the ministry said on its website. State wise distribution of data is subject to further verification and reconciliation.
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