India sees 31,222 new Covid cases, 290 more deaths

New Delhi, September 7

India logged 31,222 fresh cases of coronavirus infection taking the total tally of Covid cases to 3,30,58,843, while the active cases were recorded below four lakh, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday.

The death toll has climbed to 4,41,042 with 290 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am.

The case fatality rate was recorded at 1.33 per cent.

The active cases have declined to 3,92,864 comprising 1.19 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid recovery rate was recorded at 97.48 per cent, the ministry said.

The 290 new fatalities include 135 from Kerala and 37 from Maharashtra.

A total of  4,41,042 deaths have been reported so far in the country, including 1,37,811 from Maharashtra, 37,426 from Karnataka, 35,036 from Tamil Nadu, 25,082 from Delhi, 22,861 from Uttar Pradesh, 21,631 from Kerala and 18,515 from West Bengal. PTI