8,503 new Kovid-19 cases and 624 deaths reported in India in last 24 hours

With 8,503 people testing positive for coronavirus in a day, India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 3,46,74,744, while the number of active cases rose to 94,943, according to data updated by the Union Health Ministry on Friday. .

The death toll rose to 4,74,735 with 624 new deaths, according to the data updated at 8 am. The daily increase in new coronavirus infections has been recorded below 15,000 for the past 43 days.

The health ministry said the number of active cases has risen to 94,943, comprising 0.27 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has been recorded at 98.36 per cent, as of March 2020. After most. ,

An increase of 201 cases has been registered in the number of active COVID-19 cases in the 24-hour period. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.66 per cent. It is less than 2 per cent for the last 67 days.

The weekly positivity rate was recorded at 0.72 per cent. According to the Ministry of Health, it has been below 1 percent for the last 26 days.

The number of people recovering from the disease increased to 3,41,05,066, while the death rate was recorded at 1.37 per cent.

The cumulative doses administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination campaign have exceeded 131.18 crore.

India’s COVID-19 tally had crossed 20 lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23; 40 lakhs on 5th September and 50 lakhs on 16th September. It crossed 60 lakhs on 28 September; 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29; 90 lakh on 20 November and crossed the crore mark on 19 December.

India crossed the grim milestone of two crore COVID-19 cases on May 4 and three crore on June 23.

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