10,197 new Covid-19 cases in India

Coronavirus active cases declined to 1,28,555

New Delhi: According to the Union Health Ministry's data, On Wednesday, India's Covid-19 data reached to 3,44,66,598 with 10,197 new cases, Where as, the graph of active cases declined to 1,28,555 which is the lowest number in 527 days.

According to the data updated at 8 am, 301 deaths reported in the last 24 hours, The death toll reached to 4,64,153. The daily rise in new coronavirus infections has been below 20,000 for last 40 days and less than 50,000 new cases per day have been reported for 143 days till now.

The Health Ministry said, The active cases have declined to 1,28,555 comprising 0.37 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.28 per cent, the highest since March 2020.

A decrease of 2,238 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.82 per cent. It has been less than 2 per cent for the last 44 days.

According to the ministry, The weekly positivity rate was also recorded at 0.96 per cent which is below 2 per cent for the last 54 days. The number of people who have recovered from the disease surged to 3,38,73,890, while the fatality rate was recorded at 1.35 per cent.

The cumulative doses administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive has exceeded 113.68 crore. India's COVID-19 data had crossed the 20 lakh cases on August 7, 2020, 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 reached one-crore on December 19.

India had crossed the milestone of 2 crore on May 4 and three crore on June 23.