830 Covid- 19 cases Active
New Delhi: According to the Union Health Ministry data, India recorded 7,447 new coronavirus infections taking the total number of COVID-19 cases to 3, 47, and 26,049. The active cases declined to 86,415.
According to the data updated at 8 am, the number of deaths reached 4, 76,869 with 391 fresh fatalities.
The daily rise in new coronavirus infections has been recorded below 15,000 for the last 50 days till now.
The Health Ministry said, the active cases comprise 0.25 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.38 per cent, which is the highest since March 2020.
A decline of 830 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours.
According to the ministry, the daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.59 per cent. It has been less than two per cent for the last 74 days. The weekly positivity rate was also recorded at 0.63 per cent. It has been below one per cent for the last 33 days.
The number of people who have recovered from the disease are 3, 41, 62,765, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.37 per cent. The cumulative doses administered in the country so far in India has exceeded 135.99 crore.
India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark 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 surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19. India crossed two crore on May 4 and three crore on June 23.
The 391 new cases include 320 from Kerala and 19 from Maharashtra.
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