With 25,072 infections, India’s single-day Covid-19 cases lowest in 160 days

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, Aug 23, 2021: India logged 25,702 new coronavirus infections, the lowest in 160 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday.

 

The death toll climbed to 4,34,756 with 389 more fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am.

The active cases have declined to 3,33,924 , the lowest in 155 days, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate has increased to 97.63 per cent, the highest since March 2020, the ministry said.

A reduction of 19,474 cases has been recorded in the active Covid-19 caseload in a span of  24 hours.

As many as 12,95,160 tests were conducted on Sunday taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of Covid-19 in the country to 50,75,51,399. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 1.94 per cent.

The weekly positivity rate was recorded at 1.91 per cent.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 3,16,80,626.

India’s Covid-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16. It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19. India crossed the grim milestone of two crore on May 4 and three crore on June 23.

Cumulatively, 58.25 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses have been administered under the nationwide vaccination drive till Sunday morning.

Courtesy:Deccan Herald