Ndia logs 30,941 new Covid-19 cases
With 30,941 people ng positive for coronavirus, a’s total tally of Covid-19 s rose to 32, 768,880, while active cases declined to 640, according to the Union th Ministry data updated on day. The death toll has bed to 438,560 with 350 fatalities, according to the updated at 8 am. e active cases comprise 1.13 ent of the total infections, e the national Covid-19 very rate was recorded at
per cent, the ministry said. n increase of 5,684 cases has recorded in the active Covcaseload in a span of 24 s. many as 1,394,573 tests conducted on Monday takhe total cumulative tests ucted so far for detection of d-19 in the country to 41,098. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.22 per cent.the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 2.51 per cent. It has been below three per cent for the last 67 days, according to the ministry.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 3,19,59,680, while the case fatality rate stands at 1.34 per cent, the data stated.
Cumulatively, 64.05 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered under the nationwide vaccination drive till Tuesday morning.
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 and three crore on June 23.
The 350 new fatalities include 132 from Kerala, 67 from Odisha and from 52 from Maharashtra.
A total of 438,560 deaths have been reported so far in the country including 1,37,20 from Maharashtra, 37,293 from Karnataka, 34,899 from Tamil Nadu, 25,081 from Delhi, 22,820 from Uttar Pradesh, 20,673 from Kerala and 18,434 from West Bengal.
The ministry stressed that more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities.
“Our figures are being reconciled with the Indian Council of Medical Research,” the ministry said on its website, adding that state-wise distribution of figures is subject to further verification and reconciliation.