New Delhi, (the states. news) India recorded 42,640 new cases of COVID-19 (#Coronavirus)
during
the past 24 hours, pushing the country’s caseload to 2,99,77,861 while the
death toll soared to 3,89,302 with 1,167 more fatalities, the Union Health
Ministry said on Tuesday.
The active cases declined by 40,366 to stand at 6,62,521. It is now 2.21 per
cent of the total caseload.
The past 24 hours saw 81,839 people recovering from the deadly virus, taking
the total recovery count to 2,89,26,038, which is 96.49 per cent of the case
tally. The fatality rate stood at 1.30 per cent.
Meanwhile, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said that a total of
39,40,72,142 lakh samples have been tested so far for coronavirus. Of this,
16,64,360 were tested on Monday.
India has administered 86,16,373 vaccine doses in the past day, highest ever
single day vaccination achieved in the world so far, raising the total
vaccination count to 28,87,66,201.
(uni) (media saheb.com)
