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Active Covid cases in India dip to 16,400

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NEW DELHI: The daily rise in new Coronaviru­s infections fell below 2,000 after 28 days taking India’s tally of Covid cases to 4,31,25,370 while the active cases dipped to 16,400, according to the Union Health ministry data updated on Tuesday.

A total of 1,579 new Covid cases were reported in a span of 24 hours and the death toll climbed to 5,24,260 with 19 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.

The active cases comprise 0.04 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid recovery rate was recorded at 98.75 per cent, the ministry said. A decrease of 917 cases has been recorded in the active Covid caseload in a span of 24 hours. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.44 per cent and the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 0.59 per cent, according to the ministry.

The number of people who have recuperate­d from the disease surged to 4,25,84,710 while the case fatality rate was 1.22 per cent.

The cumulative doses administer­ed in the country so far under the nationwide COVID19 vaccinatio­n drive have exceeded 191.48 crore.

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