New Delhi: India recorded under 50,000 new Covid cases in 91 days, with 42,640 new cases. The death count climbed to three ,89,302 with 1,167 fresh fatalities. The record low cases were reported on each day when India vaccinated a record 86.16 lakh people.
Here are the highest 10 updates on coronavirus in India:
1.With the fresh Covid cases, the country’s tally of cases has climbed to 2.99 crore, as per Union Health Ministry. the amount of active cases is now 6.62 lakh, but seven lakh after 79 days.
2.The daily positivity rate further dropped to 2.56 per cent. It for the 15th straight day that India is seeing a positivity rate below 5 per cent.
3.Maharashtra, the worst-hit state, on Monday reported 6,270 new COVID-19 cases, taking the state’s tally to 59.79 lakh. 21 cases of the Delta Plus Covid variant, the mutant version of the Delta variant, are found in Maharashtra thus far , state Health Minister Rajesh Tope said.
4.After Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh have the very best number of infections.
5.Delhi saw 89 cases and 11 deaths over the past 24 hours. this is often rock bottom daily case count the capital has recorded since April last year. The positivity rate dipped to 0.16 per cent, rock bottom since the start of the pandemic.
6.Assam recorded 2,805 new infection and 35 Covid deaths within the last 24 hours. The government on Monday relaxed the Covid curfew in places where the amount of fresh positive cases has been below 400 within the past ten days.
7.Mizoram is now witnessing a spike in number of positive cases. The state on Monday registered 374 new cases. With this, the state now has 4,227 active cases.
8.86,16,373 COVID-19 vaccine doses were administered across the country within the last 24 hours, the very best single-day coverage thus far on Day one among centre’s new vaccination policy roll-out.
9.16,64,360 samples were tested within the country within the last 24 hours, with a complete of 39.4 samples tested thus far .
10.The us has announced its plan for subsequent tranche of 55 million Covid vaccine doses it plans to send to countries, including India, which are in need of vaccines.