Active Covid cases in country lowest in more than 6 months

New Delhi, September 24

India logged 31,382 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of Covid cases to 3,35,94,803, while the active cases declined to 3,00,162, the lowest in 188 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday.

The death toll climbed to 4,46,368 with 318 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am.

The active cases comprise 0.89 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020, while the national Covid recovery rate was recorded at 97.78 per cent, the highest since March 2020, the ministry said.

A reduction of 1,478 cases has been recorded in the active Covid caseload in a span of 24 hours.

As many as 15,65,696 tests were conducted on Thursday taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of Covid in the country to 55,99,32,709.

The daily positivity rate was recorded at two per cent. It has been less than three per cent for last 25 days. The weekly positivity rate was recorded at 2.07 per cent. It has been below three per cent for the last 91 days, it said.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 3,28,48,273 and the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.33 per cent.

The cumulative doses administered in the country so far under the nationwide Covid vaccination drive has exceeded 84.15 crore.

The 318 new fatalities include 152 from Kerala and 61 from Maharashtra.

A total of 4,46,368 deaths have been reported so far in the country including 1,38,725 from Maharashtra, 37,683 From Karnataka, 35,427 from Tamil Nadu, 25,085 from Delhi, 24,191 from Kerala, 22,889 from Uttar Pradesh and 18,703 from West Bengal. PTI