For the First Time Since March 2020!
New Delhi: On Tuesday, 08 November 2022, India saw a single-day rise of 625 fresh Covid-19 cases, the lowest since April 9, 2020, while no death was reported in the last 24 hours in the first such instance since March 2020, the Union health ministry said.
The country's infection tally has reached 4,46,62,141, while the active cases have declined to 14,021, the ministry data updated at 8 am stated.
The death toll stood at 5,30,509.
On April 9, 2020, a total of 540 new cases were reported in a day.
No deaths were reported in the country in the last 24 hours in the first such instance since March 2020.
A 76-year-old man from Kalaburagi in Karnataka was the first victim of coronavirus infection in India.
The active cases comprise 0.03 per cent of the total cases, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate has increased to 98.78 per cent, according to the health ministry website.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,41,17,611, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.19 per cent.
219.74 crore doses of Covid vaccine have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide Covid-19 vaccination drive.
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