3,993 New Covid Cases Recorded In India

The lowest daily spike in Covid in over 660 days!

 New Delhi: On Tuesday, India reported a total number of 3,993 new COVID-19 infections, taking the Covid tally to 4,29,71,308. According to the Union Health Ministry data, the active cases dipped to 49,948.

There are 108 fresh fatalities, the death count climbed to 5,15,210 so far.

This is the lowest daily spike in Covid cases in 663 days. Last time India's daily new cases fell below 4,000 was on 15 May 2020, when the country recorded 3,967 fresh cases.

The daily COVID-19 cases have remained less than one lakh for 30 consecutive days, and it is the second straight day the new case count has been under 5,000 cases.

The ministry said, The active cases comprise 0.13 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has further improved to 98.68 per cent.

This is the lowest daily spike in Covid cases in 663 days. The last time India's daily new cases fell below 4,000 was on 15 May 2020, when the country recorded 3,967 fresh cases. The daily COVID-19 cases have remained less than one lakh for 30 consecutive days, and it is the second straight day the new case count has been under 5,000 cases.

More than 6 million people worldwide have died from Covid-19 in the last two years after the novel pathogen started spreading globally, despite the distribution of vaccines that slashed fatality rates across the globe.

The latest 1 million recorded deaths came more slowly than the previous intervals. It took about 125 days to go from 5 million deaths to 6 million, compared to 117 days to hit the 5-million mark and less than 90 days each to reach the 3- and 4-million ones.

The pace has returned to what was seen during the first year of the pandemic, when the virus was still taking the hold.

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