new Delhi: India has recorded 3,116 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours which is the lowest in 676 days. According to the information released by the Ministry of Health, the active caseload in the country now stands at 38,069.
With the addition of new cases, the total number of COVID-19 cases has gone up to 4,29,90,991.
The death toll rose to 5,15,850 with 47 fresh deaths, according to the data updated at 8 am.
Active cases account for 0.09 per cent of total infections and the national COVID-19 recovery rate has further improved to 98.71 per cent, the ministry said.
A decrease of 2,490 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in the 24-hour period.
According to the ministry, the daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.41 per cent, while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 0.50 per cent.
The number of people cured of the disease rose to 4,24,37,072, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.20 per cent.
The cumulative dose administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination campaign has exceeded 180.13 crore.
Maharashtra
Maharashtra recorded 324 new coronavirus infections and two pandemic-related deaths on Saturday, the health department said.
The state’s COVID-19 caseload rose to 78,70,951 and the death toll climbed to 1,43,752.
The cities of Mumbai and Pune recorded 31 and 70 new infections but no deaths.
Of the eight administrative divisions (each comprising several districts), the Pune circle reported 149 new coronavirus cases, followed by Mumbai (70), Nashik (56), Akola (14), Aurangabad (six), Kolhapur and Latur. (five each). and Nagpur (19).
(with PTI input)
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