While India saw a slight decline in its daily Covid-19 tally on Monday, the numbers dropped further on Tuesday as the country reported 8,813 cases in the last 24 hours, along with 29 fatalities. On Monday, 14,917 coronavirus and 32 deaths cases were reported.
According to the Union Health Ministry data on Tuesday, the tally has reached 4,42,77,194, while active infections have declined to 1,11,252.
The death toll has climbed to 5,27,098, including one death reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated.
Active cases declined by 6,256 in a day and now comprise 0.25 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was at 98.56 per cent, the health ministry said.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,36,38,844, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.19 per cent.
The daily positivity rate was 4.15 per cent while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 4.79 per cent, according to the health ministry.
It said that 208.31 crore doses of Covid vaccine have been administered in the country so far.
India’s COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16. It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19.
India crossed the grim milestone of two crore on May 4 last year, three crore on June 23 and four crore on January 25 this year.
The Union government has directed Delhi, Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana — the states reporting a surge in cases, to continue monitor the spread of infection. The Centre has also advised them to increase the pace of vaccination and administration of the booster dose.
(With inputs from PTI)
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