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New Delhi: According to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday, 31,222 new cases of coronavirus infection were reported in India, taking the total number of COVID-19 cases to 3,30,58,843, while active cases exceeded four lakh. were recorded below.
The death toll has risen to 4,41,042 with 290 fresh deaths, according to the data updated at 8 am.
The case fatality rate was recorded as 1.33%.
The ministry said the active cases have come down to 3,92,864, comprising 1.19% of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 97.48%.
A decrease of 12,010 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in the 24-hour period.
15,26,056 tests were conducted on Monday taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of COVID-19 in the country to 53,31,89,348.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.05%. It is less than 3% for the last eight days while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 2.56%. It is below 3% for the last 74 days, the ministry said.
The number of people cured of the disease increased to 3,22,24,937.
According to the ministry, with more than 1.13 crore vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, the total doses administered under the nationwide immunization drive in the country so far have reached 69.90 crore.
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 lakhs on 28 September, 70 lakhs on October. It crossed the 80 lakh mark on 11, 29 October, 90 lakh on 20 November and one crore on 19 December.
India crossed the grim milestone of 20 million on 4 May and 30 million on 23 June.
The 290 new people include 135 from Kerala and 37 from Maharashtra.
A total of 4,41,042 deaths have been reported in the country so far, including 1,37,811 from Maharashtra, 37,426 from Karnataka, 35,036 from Tamil Nadu, 25,082 from Delhi, 22,861 from Uttar Pradesh, 21,631 from Kerala and 18,515 from West Bengal.
The ministry stressed that more than 70% of the deaths were due to comorbidities.
“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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