• Friday, March 29, 2024

Coronavirus

India records lowest daily rise in Covid-19 cases in nearly three months

People shop at a fish market in Kolkata on June 20, 2021 after West Bengal’s state government eased lockdown restrictions to curb the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus. (Photo by MAINAK BAGCHI/AFP via Getty Images)

By: Pramod Kumar

INDIA reported 58,419 new Covid-19 infections over the past 24 hours on Sunday (20), the lowest daily number in nearly three months, data from the health ministry showed.

The total number of cases of Covid-19 in India have risen to 29.9 million and so far 386,713 people have died. Deaths rose by 1,576 overnight, , the lowest in 63 days.

The active cases further reduced to 729,243 comprising 2.44 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate improved to 96.27 per cent, the ministry said.

A net decline of 30,776 cases has been recorded in the Covid-19 caseload in 24 hours.

As many as 1,811,446  tests were conducted on Saturday (19) taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of Covid-19 in the country to 391,019,083.

The daily positivity rate was recorded at 3.22 per cent. It has been less than 5 per cent for 13 consecutive days, the ministry said, adding the weekly positivity rate has declined to   3.43 per cent.

Recoveries continue to outnumber daily new cases for the 38th consecutive day. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 28,766,009, while the case fatality rate stands at 1.29 per cent, the data stated.

Cumulatively, 276,693,572 Covid-19 vaccine doses have been administered so far.

The 1,576 new fatalities include 682 from Maharashtra, 180 from Tamil Nadu, 161 from Karnataka, and 115 from Kerala.

According to the ministry, more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities.

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