India logs 25,166 new infections, 437 deaths

NEW DELHI: India saw a singleday rise of 25,166 new Covid-19 cases, the lowest in 154 days, taking the tally to 32,250,679, while the national recovery rate was recorded at 97.51 per cent, the highest since March 2020, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Tuesday. The death toll has climbed to 432,079 with 437 daily fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am.

The active cases have declined to 369,846, the lowest in 146 days. It comprises 1.15 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020, the health ministry said. A reduction of 12,101 cases has been recorded in the total number of active Covid cases in 24 hours.

Also, 1,563,985 tests were conducted on Monday, taking the cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of Covid in the country to 4,96,629,524. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 1.61 per cent. It has been less than three per cent for the last 22 days. Weekly positivity rate was recorded at 1.98 per cent. It has been below three per cent for the last 53 days, according to the health ministry.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 31,448,754, while the case fatality rate stands at 1.34 per cent, the data stated.

India’s Covid-19 tally had crossed the 2 million mark on August 7, 2020, 3 million on August 23, 4 million on September 5 and 5 million on September 16. It went past 6 million on September 28, 7 million on October 11, crossed 8 million on October 29, 9 million on November 20 and surpassed the 10 million mark on December 19. India crossed the grim milestone of 20 million on May 4 and 30 million on June 23.

The 437 new fatalities include 142 from Kerala and 100 from Maharashtra.