India Reports Lowest Daily COVID-19 Deaths In 5 Months; 219 Deaths, 38,948 Cases

Mumbai: India has reported 38,948 new COIVD-19 cases and 219 deaths in the last 24 hours. The country has reported its lowest daily casualties in the last five months.

Of the 38,948 new cases, Kerala alone has reported 26,701 cases in the last 24 hours.

There is a trend of less than 50,000 new cases being reported daily for 71 consecutive days.

As a result, India’s number of active cases has also increased to 4,04,874. The ministry said active cases comprise 1.23 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has been recorded at 97.44 per cent.

The death toll rose to 4,40,752 with 219 fresh deaths.

With a total of 43,903 recoveries in 24 hours, the total number of those cured has increased to 3,21,81,995.

The weekly positivity rate for the last 73 days ranges from 2.58 per cent to less than 3 per cent. The daily positivity rate is 2.76 percent. The daily positivity rate has remained below 3 per cent for the last 7 days and below 5 per cent for 91 consecutive days.

To detect the presence of this virus in individuals, the ministry informed that a total of 68.75 crore tests have been conducted in the country so far.

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), a total of 53,14,68,867 samples have been tested in the country till September 5, with 14,10,649 samples tested in the last 24 hours.

India has administered a total of 25,23,089 vaccine doses in the past 24 hours, which brings the total tally of doses administered to 68,75,41,762.

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