New Delhi: India recorded less than 30,000 fresh Covid cases after 132 days while its active caseload fell below 4 lakh after 124 days on Tuesday, according to Union health ministry data.
As many as 29,689 new coronavirus infections took the country’s tally of Covid cases to 3,14,40,951 while 415 fresh fatalities pushed the death toll to 4,21,382, the data updated at 8 am showed.
The number of active cases dropped to 3,98,100 and comprises 1.27 per cent of the total infections. The national Covid recovery rate improved to 97.39 per cent, it stated.
The number of active cases fell by 13,089 in a span of 24 hours.
As many as 17,20,110 Covid tests were conducted on Monday, taking the total number of tests conducted so far to 45,91,64,121.
The daily positivity rate declined to 1.73 per cent. The weekly positivity rate was recorded at 2.33 per cent, the ministry data stated.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 3,06,21,469, while the case fatality rate stands at 1.34 per cent, it said.
The total number of Covid vaccine doses administered so far as part of the nationwide vaccination drive has reached 44.19 crore.
The 415 new fatalities include 135 from Kerala, 62 from Odisha and 53 from Maharashtra.
A total of 4,21,382 deaths have been reported so far in the country, including 1,31,605 from Maharashtra, 36,405 from Karnataka, 33,937 from Tamil Nadu, 25,044 from Delhi, 22,750 from Uttar Pradesh and 18,085 from West Bengal. —PTI

Press Trust of India