The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said that India has registered 35,178 fresh infections on Tuesday. The number of fatalities is 440 and the death toll now stands at 432,519. The country has a total caseload of 32,285,857 infections.
The number of ongoing cases is 367,415, which is the lowest in 148 days. It now comprises 1.14% of the total caseload. The official report also showed that 31,485,923 people have recovered from the disease over the last 24 hours.
Today the daily positivity rate was recorded at 1.96 per cent. It has been less than three per cent for the last 23 days. The weekly positivity rate is at 1.95 per cent. According to the health ministry, it has been below three per cent for the last 54 days. As many as 17,97,559 tests were conducted on Tuesday taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of Covid-19 in the country to 49,84,27,083.
Meanwhile, on the vaccination front, 560.6 million Covid-19 vaccine doses have been administered during the nationwide vaccination drive so far, as per the health ministry figures. India on Monday administered at least 8.82 million doses, the highest ever number of vaccinations in a single day since the start of the drive on January 16 this year.
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