Active Covid cases in country lowest in almost 9 months

New Delhi, November 8

India logged 11,451 new coronavirus infections taking the country’s total tally of Covid cases to 3,43,66,987, while the active cases declined to 1,42,826, the lowest in 262 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday.

The death toll climbed to 4,61,057 with 266 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am.

The daily rise in new coronavirus infections has been below 20,000 for 31 straight days and less than 50,000 daily new cases have been reported for 134 consecutive days now.

The active cases comprise 0.42 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020, while the national Covid recovery rate was recorded at 98.24 per cent, the highest since March 2020, the ministry said.

A decrease of 2,019 cases has been recorded in the active Covid caseload in a span of 24 hours.

The cumulative doses administered in the country so far under the nationwide Covid vaccination drive has exceeded 108.47 crore.

The 266 new fatalities include 201 from Kerala, and 16 from Maharashtra.

A total of 4,61,057 deaths have been reported so far in the country, including 1,40,388 from Maharashtra, 38,112 from Karnataka, 36,220 from Tamil Nadu, 33,716 from Kerala, 25,091 from Delhi, 22,903 from Uttar Pradesh and 19,226 from West Bengal. PTI