India has reported 2,09,918 new coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases and 959 related deaths in the past 24 hours, according to Union Health Ministry data updated at 8am on Monday. This brings the country’s total Covid-19 cases to 4,10,92,522, while the death toll climbed to 4,95,050.
The higher death toll reported in the new 24-hour period came as Kerala added 374 deaths to its backlog in Monday’s tally.
Active cases reached 18,31,268, while the daily positivity rate was 15.77%.
Daily Covid-19 cases across the country have been falling since the past few days, which can be seen as a sign that the third wave of the pandemic, driven by the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, is subsiding.
The daily number of Covid-19 infections fell by 24,363 on Monday, compared with a high of 2,34,281 reported on Sunday.
According to the Ministry of Health, 2,62,628 people have recovered from the viral illness in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of recoveries to date to 3,89,76,122. The current recovery rate is 94.37%.
As many as 1.6603 billion doses have been administered so far in the ongoing nationwide coronavirus vaccination campaign, according to government figures.
The number of cases in India crossed the 10 million mark on December 19, 2020, 20 million last May 4, and 30 million last June 23.
Complete News Source : Hindustan Times
