Mumbai: India recorded 18,346 fresh Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours. This is the lowest in past 209 days. Overall Covid-19 case tally reached to 3,38,53,048, while the active cases declined to 2,52,902, the lowest in 201 days, according to data from the Union Health Ministry data on Tuesday.
263 deaths were reported in last 24 hours. The death toll climbed to 4,49,260. The daily rise in new coronavirus infections has remained below 30,000 for 11th consecutive days. As per the ministry, the recovery rate of India is at its highest since March 2020 and currently stands at 97.93 per cent.
As many as 29,639 recoveries were reported in the last 24 hours, taking the total recoveries to 3,31,50,886. A total number of 57,53,94,042 tests have been conducted so far.
Ahead of the main festive season, the Ahmednagar district administration in Maharashtra has imposed a 10-day lockdown in 61 villages. “The district is witnessing 500-800 cases daily and the positivity rate is over 5%. Therefore, directions were issued to implement precautionary measures in villages with more than 10 active cases. Since protocols were not being followed fully, we have imposed strict restrictions in 61 villages in 11 tehsils.” District Collector Rajendra Bhosale said, in an order. Schools will remain shut in these villages also.
While Kerala, which has been contributing over 60% to India’s Covid-19 tally, has started witnessing a declining trend in daily Coronavirus infections, Mizoram and some parts of Maharashtra have seen a spike in new cases in recent days. Several states have extended Covid-19 restrictions ahead of the festival season in order to limit the spread of the virus.
More than 91.77 cr vaccine doses provided to states/Union Territories.
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