India has reports 35,499 new cases in last 24 hours, a slight dip from the 39,070 cases recorded on Sunday, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday. The active caseload is currently at 4,02,188 cases, which comprise 1.27% of the total infections and recovery rate is at 97.40% on Monday. The total number of cases stand at 3,19,69,954, data updated by the ministry at 8 am showed.
The number of fatalities on Monday stand at 447, pushing toll to 4,28,309, while the case fatality rate stands at 1.34 per cent, the data stated. The new fatalities include 151 from Maharashtra and 93 from Kerala.
A total of 4,28,309 deaths have been reported so far in the country, including 1,33,996 from Maharashtra, 36,793 from Karnataka, 34,317 from Tamil Nadu, 25,066 from Delhi, 22,773 from Uttar Pradesh, 18,229 from West Bengal and 17,747 from Kerala. The Health Ministry stressed that more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 3,11,39,457. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.59 per cent. It has been less than three per cent for the last 14 days, the ministry said, adding that the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 2.35 per cent.
As many as 13,71,871 COVID-19 tests were conducted in the country on Sunday, taking the total number of such examinations so far to 48,17,67,232.
Cumulatively, 50.86 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered under the nationwide vaccination drive till Monday morning. More than 52.40 crore (52,40,60,890) vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far. More than 2.33 Cr (2,33,55,890) balance & unutilized COVID vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs and private hospitals to be administered, said Union Health Ministry in a statement.
India's COVID-19 infection tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7 last year, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5, 50 lakh on September 16, 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and one crore on December 19. The country crossed the grim milestone of two crore cases on May 4 and three crore on June 23.
"Our figures are being reconciled with the Indian Council of Medical Research," the ministry said on its website, adding that state-wise distribution of figures is subject to further verification and reconciliation.
