Covid slump: 2,022 new cases, 46 deaths in 1-day

India reported 2,022 fresh Covid-19 cases and 46 related deaths — 43 from Kerala and one each from Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Punjab. in the last 24 hours. The active cases have dipped to 14,832 and comprise 0.03 per cent of the total infections.

The total tally of Covid-19 cases has gone up to 4,31,38,393 and death toll has increased to 5,24,459. As per the health ministry’s Monday morning data, the total deaths reported so far in the country include 1,47,856 from Maharashtra, 69,586 from Kerala, 40,106 from Karnataka, 38,025 from Tamil Nadu, 26,201 from Delhi, 23,519 from Uttar Pradesh and 21,203 from West Bengal.

There has also been a decrease of 123 cases recorded in the active Covid-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The national Covid-19 recovery rate now stands at 98.75 per cent. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.69 per cent and the weekly positivity rate at 0.49 per cent.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,25,99,102, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.22 per cent. The cumulative doses administered in the country so far under the nationwide Covid19 vaccination drive has exceeded 192.38 crore.

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.

The country crossed the grim milestone of two crore on May 4 and three crore on June 23 last year.