India reports less than 40,000 fresh Covid cases after over 3 months

Mangalore Today News Network / NDTV

New Delhi, Jun 29, 2021: India reported 37,566 new Covid cases in the last 24 hours, with infection dropping below 40,000 for the first time in over three months.

 

907 deaths were recorded in the last day taking the total fatalities since the beginning of the pandemic to over 3.97 lakhs.

India’s active caseload has declined to 5,52,659 infections. Only 1.82 per cent of total cases are active.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared Covid positivity rate below 5 per cent to be within the safe zone.

Daily recoveries continue to outnumber total cases for the 47th consecutive day. Almost 57,000 recoveries in the last 24 hours took the total to over 2.93 lakh. The recovery rate in the country is now at 96.87 per cent.