India logs 25,467 fresh Covid cases 

India logs 25,467 fresh Covid cases

 Lagatar24 Desk :  COVID-19 impact so far has led to many casualities, but as per new reports, the decline in active cases has really come as a  matter of relief for us. Successful implementation of the Vaccination Programme has really been one of the major factors causing a reduction in the number of active cases.

India saw a single day rise of 25,467 new COVID-19 cases , the lowest in 156 days, while active cases declined to 3,19,551 comprising 0.98 percent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Tuesday.

The tally of COVID-19 cases has increased to 3,24,74,773 while the death toll has climbed to 4,35,110 with 354 daily fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am.

The death toll has climbed to 4,35,110 with 354 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am.

The active cases were the lowest in 156 days, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has increased to 97.68 per cent, the highest since March 2020, the ministry said.

A reduction of 14,373 cases has been recorded in the total number of active COVID-19 cases in a span of 24 hours.

Also, 16,47,526 tests were conducted on Monday, taking the cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of COVID-19 in the country to 50,93,91,792.

The daily positivity rate was recorded at 1.94 per cent. It has been less than three percent for the last 28 days.

The weekly positivity rate was recorded at 1.90 per cent. It has been below three per cent for the last 60 days, according to the health ministry.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 3,17,20,112, while the case fatality rate stands at 1.34 per cent, the data stated.

Cumulatively, 58.89 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.