Covid-19: India records 2,020 new fatalities
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 3,00,63,720 and the case fatality rate stands at 1.32%
India’s Covid-19 death toll climbed to 4,10,784 with 2,020 new deaths recorded after Madhya Pradesh reconciled its fatality data, while 31,443 new coronavirus cases were reported, the lowest in 118 days, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Tuesday.
India’s total tally of Covid-19 cases mounted to 3,09,05,819.
The active cases have declined to 4,31,315 and comprise 1.40% of the total infections. The national Covid-19 recovery rate has increased to 97.28%, the data updated at 8 am showed.
As many as 17,40,325 tests were conducted on Monday taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of Covid-19 in the country to 43,40,58,138.
The daily positivity rate has declined to 1.81%. It has been less than 3% for 22 consecutive days, the ministry said, adding the weekly positivity rate stands at 2.28%.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 3,00,63,720 and the case fatality rate stands at 1.32%, the data stated.
Cumulative vaccine doses administered so far have reached 38.14 crores under the nationwide vaccination drive.
India’s Covid-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5, and 50 lakh on September 16. It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20, and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19. India crossed the grim milestone of two crores on May 4 and three crores on June 23.
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