According to the Union Health Ministry, India recorded an increase of 8,318 new coronavirus infections in a single day, taking the number of COVID-19 cases in the country to 3,45,63,749, while the active cases came down to 1,07,019, a record is. 541 days. is the lowest. Data updated on Saturday.
The death toll has risen to 4,67,933 with 465 deaths reported daily, according to the data updated at 8 am.
The daily increase in new coronavirus infections has been less than 20,000 for 50 consecutive days and less than 50,000 daily new cases for 153 consecutive days.
The Health Ministry said that the number of active COVID-19 cases has come down to 1,07,019, which is 0.31 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has been recorded at 98.34. Percent. , which is the highest since March 2020.
The active COVID-19 caseload has registered a decrease of 3,114 cases in a span of 24 hours.
The daily Covid positivity rate was recorded at 0.86 per cent. It is less than 2 per cent for the last 54 days.
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The weekly positivity rate was also recorded at 0.88 per cent. According to the Ministry of Health, it has been below 1 percent for the last 13 days.
The number of people who have recovered from Covid rose to 3,39,88,797, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.35 per cent.
The cumulative dose administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination campaign has exceeded 121.06 crore.