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New Delhi: India reported 38,948 new coronavirus infections and 219 fresh deaths, the lowest in 167 days, according to data updated by the Union Health Ministry on Monday.
With the fresh cases, the total number of COVID-19 cases has gone up to 3,30,27,621, while the death toll has gone up to 4,40,752.
The case fatality rate has come down to 1.33 per cent after 48 days, according to data updated at 8 am.
In India, 199 people died in a single day on 23 March.
The ministry said the active cases have come down to 4,04,874, comprising 1.23 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has been recorded at 97.44 per cent.
A decrease of 5,174 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in the 24-hour period. The ministry said that for 71 consecutive days, less than 50,000 cases are being reported daily.
14,10,649 tests were conducted on Sunday taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of COVID-19 in the country to 53,14,68,867.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.76 per cent while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 2.58 per cent. According to the ministry, it has been below three per cent for the last 73 days.
The number of people cured of the disease increased to 3,21,81,995.
The total dose of COVID-19 vaccine administered in the country so far has reached 68.75 crores under the nationwide immunization drive.
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.
219 new people include 74 people from Kerala and 67 from Maharashtra.
A total of 4,40,752 people have died in the country so far, including 1,37,774 from Maharashtra, 37,409 from Karnataka, 35,018 from Tamil Nadu, 25,082 from Delhi, 22,856 from Uttar Pradesh, 21,496 from Kerala and 18,502 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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