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New Delhi: India reported 37,593 new coronavirus infections, while active cases rose marginally to 3,22,327, according to data updated by the Union Health Ministry on Wednesday.
As per the data updated at 8 am, the total number of COVID-19 cases rose to 3,25,12,366 and the death toll rose to 4,35,758.
Active cases comprise 0.99 per cent of the total infections.
The national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 97.67 per cent, the ministry said.
The active COVID-19 caseload has registered an increase of 2,776 cases in a 24-hour period.
On Tuesday, 17,92,755 tests were conducted in the country taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of COVID-19 to 51,11,84,547.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.10 per cent. It is less than three per cent for the last 30 days.
The weekly positivity rate was recorded at 1.92 per cent. According to the ministry, it has been below three per cent for the last 61 days.
The number of people recovering from the disease rose to 3,17,54,281, while the death rate stood at 1.34 per cent, the data said.
As of Wednesday morning, a total of 59.55 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses have been given 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 648 new people include 288 from Maharashtra and 173 from Kerala.
A total of 4,35,758 deaths have been reported in the country so far, including 1,36,355 from Maharashtra, 37,184 from Karnataka, 34,761 from Tamil Nadu, 25,079 from Delhi, 22,794 from Uttar Pradesh, 19,757 from Kerala and 18,383 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.
Read also: COVID may enter endemic phase in India, says WHO Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan
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