The number of new Covid-19 infections in India fell by 11.4 percent in the last 24 hours, with 2,202 people testing positive, bringing the total to 43,123,801, according to data released by the Union health ministry on Monday. The country’s daily tally had been 2,487 for the previous 24 hours.
In Monday’s bulletin, India reported 27 new fatalities, bringing the total number of deaths to 524,241. There were also 2,550 recoveries, bringing the total number of such cases to 42,582,243; total active cases, on the other hand, were 17,317, down 375 from the previous bulletin.
According to the data, recovery, deaths, and active cases account for 98.74 percent, 1.22 percent, and 0.04 percent of the total caseload, respectively.
The daily positivity rate was 0.74 percent and the weekly positivity rate was 0.59 percent, respectively. In addition, 297,242 samples were tested for the viral illness in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of tests to over 840 million.
Meanwhile, 310,218 additional doses of Covid-19 vaccine were administered, bringing the total number of doses administered to 1.91 billion since the nationwide vaccination campaign began on January 16 last year.
On Sunday, Delhi had 613 daily infections and three deaths, while Maharashtra had 255 daily infections and one death. Mumbai, Maharashtra’s capital and the country’s financial powerhouse, was responsible for 151 new cases and the lone death in the state.
