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New Delhi: With 7,081 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, India’s total number of cases rose to 3,47,40,275, while active cases declined to 83,913, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. , which is the lowest in 570 days.
According to the data updated at 8 am, the death toll has risen to 4,77,422 with 264 deaths reported daily.
The daily increase in new coronavirus infections has been recorded below 15,000 for the past 52 days.
The Health Ministry said that the active cases have come down to 83,913, comprising 0.24 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has been recorded at 98.38 per cent, the highest since March 2020. is more.
The active COVID-19 caseload has registered a decline of 652 cases in a 24-hour period.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.58 per cent. It is less than 2 per cent for the last 76 days
The weekly positivity rate was recorded at 0.61 percent. According to the ministry, it has been below 1 per cent for the last 35 days.
The number of people recovering from the disease rose to 3,41,78,940, while the death rate was recorded at 1.37 per cent.
The cumulative dose administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination campaign has exceeded 137.46 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 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 264 new people include 218 from Kerala and 11 from Maharashtra.
Kerala has been collating Covid deaths for the past few days, hence the death rate in the state is high.
A total of 4,77,422 deaths have been reported in the country so far, including 1,41,340 from Maharashtra, 44,407 from Kerala, 38,287 from Karnataka, 36,676 from Tamil Nadu, 25,100 from Delhi, 22,915 from Uttar Pradesh and 19,660 from West Bengal.
The health ministry insisted that over 70 per cent 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. The state wise distribution of data is subject to further verification and reconciliation.
Read also: 7,974 new covid infections registered in India, active cases come down to 87,245
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