Covid-19: Active cases in India lowest in past 152 days

Beneficiaries pack themselves outside a vaccination centre at Shivaji Nagar in Gurugram on August 21. Pic/PTI

India logged 30,948 new coronavirus infections, while the active cases declined to 3,53,398 comprising 1.09 per cent of the total infections, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday.

The total tally of Covid-19 cases has increased to 3,24,24,234. The death toll has climbed to 4,34,367 with 403 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am. The active cases are the lowest in 152 days, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate has increased to 97.57 per cent, the highest since March 2020, the ministry said.

A reduction of 7,942 cases has been recorded in active caseload in a span of 24 hours. As many as 15,85,681 tests were conducted on Saturday taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of Covid-19 in the country to 50.62 crore. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 1.95 per cent. It has been less than three per cent for the last 27 days.

The weekly positivity rate was recorded at two per cent. It has been below three per cent for the last 58 days, according to the ministry. So far, 3.16 crore people have recuperated from the disease. Cumulatively, 58.14 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses have been administered under the nationwide vaccination drive till Sunday morning. Meanwhile, schools and pre-university colleges reopen today.

Pondy CM gets his first dose

Chief Minister of Puducherry N Rangasamy was administered the first dose of a vaccine at his residence here on Sunday. Rangasamy had undergone treatment for Covid in May, a few days after he was sworn in as the Chief Minister to head the AINRC-BJP coalition government. Agencies

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