India’s daily Covid tally fell below 3,000 for the first time in five days on Tuesday, with 2,568 new cases reported in the previous 24 hours. Last Thursday, India reported 2,927 cases, after which the single-day increase in cases stayed above 3K for five days in a row.
Here are the top five recent updates on the Covid-19 situation in India:
The number of active cases has dropped once more:
The number of active Covid-19 cases in India fell by 363 in the last 24 hours after reaching 19,500 the day before. The number of active cases has increased to 19,137, or 0.05 percent of the total number of cases.
In the last 24 hours, there have been 20 new deaths:
According to the data shared by the health ministry, 20 new Covid-related fatalities have been reported in the last 24 hours, bringing the total death toll to 5,23,889.
The number of new cases in Delhi has decreased slightly:
The number of daily cases in the national capital has decreased slightly, with 1,076 cases reported in the last 24 hours. According to a PTI report, the city’s active cases totalled 5,744. According to the data shared by the city health department, no new deaths have been reported in the city.
Cases of Covid-19 in other states:
In the last 24 hours, 92 new cases of Covid-19 have been reported in Maharashtra. There were 193 cases reported in Uttar Pradesh, with 66 in Noida alone. Tamil Nadu had 40 new cases, Telangana had 28, and Madhya Pradesh had 23. According to the information shared by the news agency PTI, 16 new Covid-19 cases have been reported in Gujarat, 9 in Chhattisgarh, and 6 in Jammu and Kashmir.
Update on vaccinations and the recovery of Covid-19:
According to health ministry data, over 16 lakh vaccine doses were administered in India in the last 24 hours. Over 2.14 lakh of these were booster vaccine doses. So far, 189.41 crore vaccine doses have been given out as part of the nationwide vaccination campaign.
In the last 24 hours, over 2,900 new recoveries have been reported. On Tuesday, the total number of recoveries reached 4,25,41,887, putting the national recovery rate at 98.74 percent.
