India reports 8,774 new Covid-19 cases; active cases decline to 1.05 lakh | India News – Rashtra News : Rashtra News
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The death toll has climbed to 4,68,554. The country’s total tally of cases now stands at 3,45,72,523.
The daily rise in new coronavirus infections has been below 20,000 for 51 straight days, the release added.
Less than 50,000 daily new cases have been reported for 154 consecutive days now.
The active cases have declined to 1,05,691, comprising 0.31 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020
While the national Covid-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.34 per cent, the highest since March 2020, the health ministry said.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.80 per cent. It has been less than 2 per cent for the last 55 days.
Weekly positivity rate was also recorded at 0.85 per cent. It has been below one per cent for the last 14 days, according to the government.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 3,39,98,278, while the case fatality rate has increased to 1.36 per cent.
India’s Covid tally went past 60 lakh on September 28, 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
Vaccination update
The cumulative doses administered in the country, so far, under the nationwide Covid-19 vaccination drive has exceeded 121.94 crore.
(With inputs from agencies)
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