19 October,2021 08:32 AM IST | New Delhi | Agencies
A medic inoculates a resident during a door-to-door drive, in Chennai, on Monday. Pic/AFP
India added 13,596 new Coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,40,81,315, while the active cases declined to 1,89,694, the lowest in 221 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday.
The death toll climbed to 4,52,290 with 166 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am. The active cases comprise 0.56 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.12 per cent, the highest since March 2020, the ministry said.
A decrease of 6,152 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 1.37 per cent. The ministry said that India has administered 98 crore COVID-19 vaccine shots to the people till Monday afternoon.
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