Corona: 7,240 New Cases Reported in India
New Delhi: India records 7,240 new corona cases along with 8 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,31,97,522, while the death toll has climbed to 5,24,723, data updated at 8 am by the ministry stated.
The active cases have increased to 32,498, comprising 0.08 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.71 per cent, the health ministry said.
A total of 7,554 new Covid cases were reported on March 1.
An increase of 3,641 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 case count in a span of 24 hours.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.13 per cent while the weekly positivity rate was also recorded at 1.31 per cent, according to the data.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,26,40,301 , while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.21 per cent.
The cumulative doses administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive has exceeded 194.59 crore.
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, 2020.
India crossed the grim milestone of two crore cases on May 4 and three crore on June 23, 2021.
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