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New Delhi: The daily new cases of coronavirus in India remained below 30,000 with 27,176 fresh COVID-19 cases being reported, while 284 new cases were reported in India, according to data updated by the Union Health Ministry on Wednesday.
With the fresh cases, the total number of COVID-19 cases in India rose to 3,33,16,755, while the death toll has gone up to 4,43,497, as per the data updated at 8 am.
The ministry said the active cases came down to 3,51,087, accounting for 1.05 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 97.62 per cent.
A decrease of 11,120 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in the 24-hour period.
16,10,829 tests were conducted on Tuesday taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far to 54,60,55,796 for the detection of COVID-19 in the country.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 1.69 per cent. It is less than three per cent for the last 16 days
The weekly positivity rate was recorded at two per cent. According to the ministry, it has been below three per cent for the last 82 days.
The number of people recovering from the disease increased to 3,25,22,171, while the death rate was recorded at 1.33 percent.
According to the ministry, the total dose administered in the country so far under the nationwide vaccination campaign has reached 75.89 crore.
India’s COVID-19 tally had crossed 20 lakh on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16. It had crossed 60 lakh on 28 September, 70 lakh on 11 October. 80 lakh on 29 October, 90 lakh on 20 November and crossed the one crore mark on 19 December.
India crossed the grim milestone of 20 million on 4 May and 30 million on 23 June.
284 new people include 129 from Kerala and 52 from Maharashtra.
A total of 4,43,497 deaths have been reported in the country so far, including 1,38,221 from Maharashtra, 37,529 from Karnataka, 35,217 from Tamil Nadu, 25,083 from Delhi, 22,884 from Uttar Pradesh, 22,779 from Kerala and 18,599 from West Bengal.
The ministry insisted that over 70 per cent of the deaths were due to co-morbidities.
“Our data is being collated with the Indian Council of Medical Research,” the ministry said on its website. State wise distribution of data is subject to further verification and reconciliation.
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