The death count climbed to 5,28,716!
New Delhi: On Tuesday, 04 October 2022, India logged 1,968 new coronavirus infections, the lowest in 133 days, raising the tally to 4,45,99,466, while the active cases declined to 34,598, the Union Health Ministry said.
The death count climbed to 5,28,716 with 15 more fatalities, which included eight deaths reconciled by Kerala, data updated by the health ministry at 8 am stated.
A total of 1,675 cases were recorded in a span of 24 hours on May 23.
The active cases comprise 0.08 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate increased to 98.74 per cent, the health ministry said.
On Monday, Delhi reported one more Covid-related fatality and 39 fresh cases with a positivity rate of 1.56 per cent, according to data issued by the city health department here.
With the new cases, Delhi’s COVID-19 tally has reached 20,03,576 while the death toll has risen to 26,503, the department said in its latest Health bulletin.
The new cases were detected from 2,496 tests conducted on Sunday, it said.
Delhi on Sunday logged 76 cases with a positivity rate of 1.12 per cent.
On Saturday, 92 Covid cases with a positivity rate of 1.20 per cent, while it recorded 87 infections with a positivity rate of 1.19 per cent, and one fatality due to it on Friday.
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