Lowest Daily Covid Count In 6 Months!
New Delhi: On Wednesday, 26 October 2022, India recorded 830 fresh infections, the lowest single-day rise in 197 days, taking the total Covid-19 caseload to 4,46,45,768 while the number of active cases came down to 21,607, according to Union health ministry data.
The number of Covid-related deaths climbed to 5,28,981 with one new fatality, the data updated at 8 am stated.
The active cases comprise 0.05 per cent of the total infections. The national COVID-19 recovery rate has increased to 98.77 per cent, the ministry said.
A decline of 942 cases has been recorded in the active Covid-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.67 per cent, while the weekly positivity rate stood at 1.05 per cent, the ministry said.
The number of people who have recuperated from COVID-19 surged to 4,40,95,180 and the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.18 per cent, it said.
So far, 219.57 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered under the nationwide vaccination drive, according to the health ministry.
Delhi recorded 53 fresh Covid cases with an increased positivity rate of 3.26 per cent and one death due to the disease on Monday, according to data shared by the health department.
With these new cases, the capital's infection tally reached 20,05,676 while the death toll remained at 26,508, the department said in its latest bulletin.
The new cases were detected from 1,625 tests conducted on Sunday, it said.
Earlier, The Delhi government had issued an order withdrawing the Rs. 500 fine for not wearing masks in public places in the national capital
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