New Delhi: In the last 24 hours, India reported 42,640 COVID cases, which is the lowest in 91 days, and 1,167 deaths, the lowest since April 14.
According to the Health Ministry of India, the total number of coronavirus cases in the country reached 2,99,77,861 while the total number of fatalities touched 3,89,302. Also, with 81,839 discharges in a day, as many as 2,89,26,038 people have recovered so far. Active cases dipped to 6,62,521 on Tuesday, a level last seen at the start of April. Kerala once again became the biggest contributor to India’s tally with 7,449 new cases on Tuesday.
Low testing in the last couple of days could have contributed to the low count. India tested 14 lakh samples on Sunday and 17 lakh on Monday, compared to the normal daily average of over 18 lakh tests.
As India returned to centralised procurement and distribution of Covid-19 vaccines, it reported 82.70 lakh vaccinations on Monday, a daily record by far since the vaccination drive was launched on January 16. Under the government’s new vaccination policy that came into effect on Monday, the GoI will procure 75 per cent of the vaccine stock from the open market and distribute it to states, to be administered free to everyone of age 18 years or older at government vaccination centres.
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