India on Monday recorded 1,549 fresh coronavirus infections that took its tally to 4,30,09,390, while the active cases declined further to 25,106, according to Union health ministry data.
The death count climbed to 5,16,510 with 31 daily fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The active cases comprise 0.06 per cent of the total infections. The national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.74 per cent, it showed.
A reduction of 1,134 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.40 per cent, while the weekly positivity rate stood at 0.40 per cent, the ministry said.
Here are the Highlights on Coronavirus cases in India:
Mizoram on Monday reported 123 new COVID-19 cases, the lowest since January 3, taking the state's tally to 2,22,706, an official said.
At least 677 people have succumbed to the infection so far, the official said.
The single-day recovery surpassed the fresh cases as 408 people recovered in the last 24 hours.
Over 31,000 children between 12-14 years were vaccinated against COVID-19 in Delhi on Monday. The vaccination for this age group commenced on March 16.
Till 7.30 PM on Monday, 31,192 children were administered the jab in the city as the exercise to vaccinate the younger population picked up pace.
As many as 6,416 children were vaccinated in northeast Delhi, the highest among all the districts. The district had recorded the highest figures on March 16 too.
Central Delhi recorded the lowest figures at 1,238. Southeast district, where there was zero vaccination on the first day, saw 2,545 children receiving the first jab of the Biological E's Corbevax vaccine.
Gujarat reported 13 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, pushing its overall tally to 12,23,780, while two more patients died of the infection in the state, the health department said.
At the same time, 36 patients were discharged, increasing the tally of recovered cases to 12,12,513, said the department in a release.
Chhattisgarh on Monday reported 22 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the state's overall count to 11,51,939, while the death toll remained unchanged at 14,034 as no fresh fatality due to the infection was reported, an official said.
The recovery count in Chhattisgarh rose to 11,37,773 after three people were discharged from hospitals and 28 others completed their home isolation period during the day, leaving the state with 132 active cases, he said.
Mumbai reported 28 new cases and zero fresh fatalities on Monday, while 27 more patients recovered from the infection, leaving the city with an active tally of less than 300, the civic body said.
For the fifth day in a row and in 19 out of 21 days of March, the city has logged zero COVID-19 cases.
Delhi on Monday recorded 108 fresh COVID-19 cases, while the positivity stood at 0.49 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department.
The death count remained unchanged at 26,147.
Delhi had on Sunday reported 97 COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 0.41 per cent and one death.
Andhra Pradesh on Monday registered 37 fresh cases of Covid-19 with seven out of 13 districts adding zero to the tally.
The active caseload came down to 506.
The gross coronavirus positive increased to 23,19,267 and recoveries to 23,04,031.
Nashik in Maharashtra on Monday had a 'COVID-19 clean slate' as no case was detected nor did anyone succumb to the infection, the feat coming for the first time since the pandemic started in March, 2020, an official said.
Daily COVID-19 cases in Kerala continued to drop further on Monday when 495 fresh infections were recorded thereby pushing the total infected to 65,27,689 till date.
Of the deaths, two occurred in the last few days but were not recorded due to late receipt of documents and 22 were designated as COVID-19 deaths after receiving appeals based on the new guidelines of the Centre and the directions of the Supreme Court, the release said.
The Delhi High Court Monday asked the Centre to file a status report regarding COVID-19 vaccination for children below the age of 12 years.
The court was hearing a PIL on behalf of a minor, a 12-year-old girl, and another seeking directions for the immediate vaccination of those in the 12-17 age group on the grounds that there were fears that the third wave of COVID-19 could affect them more.
The daily coronavirus cases in Odisha on Monday were the lowest in nearly two years for the second consecutive day as 40 more people tested positive for the pathogen, the Health Department said.
The daily positivity rate was 0.12 per cent and eight children were among the newly-infected. The infections were detected out of 33,234 sample tests, it added.
China on Sunday imposed stay-at-home orders on millions more people in the country's northeast as it battles its biggest COVID-19 outbreak in two years.
Last week, the health ministry urged Indian states to boost surveillance measures for the disease, citing a resurgence in some parts of Asia and Europe. Countries such as China and Italy have seen a recent rise in cases.
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- ANI (@ANI) March 21, 2022