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New Delhi: 37,875 new cases of coronavirus infection have been reported in India, taking the total number of COVID-19 cases to 3,30,96,718, while active cases have come down to 3, according to data updated by the Union Health Ministry on Wednesday. became 91,256.
The death toll rose to 4,41,411 with 369 fresh deaths, according to the data updated at 8 am.
The ministry said active cases comprise 1.18 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 97.48 per cent.
A decrease of 1,608 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in the 24-hour period.
On Tuesday, 17,53,745 tests were conducted to take the total cumulative tests conducted so far to 53,49,43,093 for the detection of COVID-19 in the country.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.16 per cent. For the last nine days it is less than three per cent.
The weekly positivity rate was recorded at 2.49 per cent. According to the Ministry of Health, it has been below three percent for the last 75 days.
The number of people recovering from the disease increased to 3,22,64,051, while the death rate was recorded at 1.33 per cent.
According to the ministry, the cumulative doses administered in the country so far under the nationwide immunization drive have exceeded 70.75 crores.
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.
369 new people include 189 from Kerala and 86 from Maharashtra.
A total of 4,41,411 deaths have been reported in the country so far, including 1,37,897 from Maharashtra, 37,441 from Karnataka, 35,055 from Tamil Nadu, 25,083 from Delhi, 22,863 from Uttar Pradesh, 21,820 from Kerala and 18,522 from West Bengal.
The ministry insisted that over 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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