According to data released on Thursday by the Union Health Ministry, India added 36,401 new coronavirus infections, bringing the total number of COVID-19 cases to 32,322,258, while the national recovery rate rose to 97.53 percent, the highest since March 2020.
According to figures updated at 8 a.m., the death toll has risen to 4,33,049, with 530 new fatalities.
The active cases declined to 3,64,129, the lowest in 149 days, and comprise 1.13% of the total infections, the ministry said.
A reduction of 3,286 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
As many as 17,97,559 tests were conducted on Tuesday taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of COVID-19 in the country to 49,84,27,083.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 1.94%. It has been less than 3% for the last 24 days.
The weekly positivity rate was recorded at 1.95%. It has been below 3% for the last 55 days, according to the ministry.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 3,15,25,080, while the case fatality rate stands at 1.34%, the data stated.
Cumulatively, 56.64 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered under the nationwide vaccination drive so far.
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