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India Reports 18,132 New COVID-19 Cases; Active Caseload Lowest In 209 Days

Mumbai: India on Monday reported 18,132 new COVID-19 cases, which is the lowest single-day rise in 215 days, the government informed.

In the last 24 hours, 193 deaths were recorded in the country, taking the death toll to 4,50,782. Kerala still has the largest Covid-19 tally with 10,691 cases and 85 deaths.

The weekly cases in Kerala have declined by 17.4 per cent in the last seven days.

The state recorded less than 75,000 cases in a week for the first time since April 11-18. According to the ministry, India’s active caseload now stands at 2,27,347, the lowest in 209 days. Active cases are less than 1 per cent of the total cases. Currently, it stands at 0.67 per cent, the lowest since March 2020.

With 21,563 recoveries reported in the last 24 hours, the cumulative recoveries reached 3,32,93,478. As a result, India’s current recovery rate is 98 per cent, the highest since March 2020.

The weekly positivity rate was 1.53 per cent. For more than three months (108 days) now, it has come down to less than 3 per cent. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 1.75 per cent, which remained below 3 per cent for the last 42 days.

A total of 58.36 crore tests have been done so far to detect the presence of the virus in the population. Meanwhile, in the ongoing nationwide COVID-19 vaccination, India’s cumulative vaccination coverage crossed 95.19 crores.

A total of 95,19,84,373 vaccine doses have been administered to eligible beneficiaries since the start of the vaccination campaign in January.

According to the Union Health Ministry, so far 96.75 crore (96,75,07,995) vaccine doses have been provided by the Center to the States and Union Territories (UTs) free of cost and through direct state procurement category.

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