The number of COVID-19 cases in India fell somewhat on Tuesday, with 2,338 new infections reported in the past 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
There were 2,706 COVID instances recorded yesterday. As a result, the active caseload has increased to 17,883 cases, accounting for 0.04 percent of all infections.
The daily positive rate, which was stated to be 0.64 percent, likewise showed a drop. The optimism rate for the week is 0.61 percent.
The daily positivity rate was 0.97 per cent on Monday.
As many as 2,134 people recovered in the last 24 hours, taking the total recoveries to 4,26,15,574. The recovery rate is currently at 98.74 per cent.
As per the health ministry, the death toll has mounted to 5,24,630 with 19 fatalities recorded in the last 24 hours.
India conducted 3,63,883 COVID tests in the last 24 hours. A total of 85.04 crore COVID tests have been conducted so far.
Meanwhile, 193.45 crore vaccine doses have been administered so far under the nationwide vaccination drive.
