Covid case Update: India reports the lowest of cases in 551 days

According to figures published on Tuesday by the Union health ministry, India recorded 6,990 new coronavirus infections, the lowest in 551 days, bringing the country’s total number of COVID-19 cases to 3,45,87,822, while active cases fell to 1,00,543, the lowest in 546 days.

The death toll climbed to 4,68,980 with 190 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am.

The daily rise in new coronavirus infections has been below 20,000 for 53 straight days and less than 50,000 daily new cases have been reported for 155 consecutive days now.

The active cases comprise 0.29 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has improved to 98.35 per cent, the highest since March 2020, the health ministry said.

A decrease of 3,316 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.

The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.69 per cent. It has been less than 2 per cent for last 57 days.

The weekly positivity rate was also recorded at 0.84 per cent. It has been below 1 per cent for the last 16 days, according to the health ministry.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease has surged to 3,40,18,299, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.36 per cent.

The cumulative doses administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive has exceeded 123.25 crore.

Medically Speaking Team

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