New Delhi:
India today reported 32,937 new cases, which is 8.7 per cent lower than yesterday, pushing the overall cases to 3,22,25,513. The country also reported 417 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative death count to 4,31,642.
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The 3,81,947 active cases, down from 3,85,336 on Sunday, comprise 1.18 per cent of the total infections in the country, the lowest since March last year. The national recovery rate stands at 97.48 per cent, the highest since March last year.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.79 per cent. It has remained below 3 per cent for the last 21 days.
As many as 11,81,212 COVID-19 tests were conducted on Sunday, taking the total number of tests conducted so far in the country to 49,48,05,652.
54.58 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered under the nationwide vaccination drive so far.
Of the total 4,31,642 deaths reported so far in the country, 1,35,039 were from Maharashtra, 36,979 from Karnataka, 34,519 from Tamil Nadu, 25,069 from Delhi, 22,784 from Uttar Pradesh, 18,601 from Kerala and 18,303 from West Bengal. The Health Ministry has stressed that more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities.
Kerala, which continues to top the states in most number of daily Covid cases, reported 18,582 new infections pushing the total count to 36.69 lakh. It also reported 102 deaths, with the overall count at 18,601.
Maharashtra, which leads the states in overall cases, reported 4,797 new infections in the last 24 hours, pushing the overall numbers to 63,92,660. The state also reported 130 deaths in a day. Chief Minister on Sunday said the COVID-19 pandemic took everyone to "pre-independence days", and appealed to people to take the pledge to make the state and the country free of the disease.
Delhi reported 53 fresh COVID-19 cases that took its overall count to 14,37,091, while the positivity rate stood at 0.08 per cent. No fresh deaths were reported. The death count stands at 25,069.
Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar - the four big states - reported zero Covid deaths over the span of 24 hours. Jharkhand, Uttarakhand also reported zero Covid deaths.
With 602 cases, Manipur leads the northeastern states with most number of daily cases. It is followed by Assam (411), Meghalaya (420).
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