New Delhi, September 27
India logged 3,230 new coronavirus infections, the lowest recorded in 118 days, taking the total tally of covid cases to 4,45,75,473, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday.
The active cases declined to 42,358 while the death toll climbed to 5,28,562 with 32 fatalities which includes 22 deaths reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated.
The active cases comprise 0.1 per cent of the total infections, the ministry said, adding the national covid recovery rate increased to 98.72 per cent.
A decline of 1,057 cases has been recorded in the active covid caseload in a span of 24 hours.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 1.18 per cent and the weekly positivity rate at 1.58 per cent, according to the ministry.
According to the ministry, 217.82 crore doses of covid vaccine have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide vaccination drive.
The 10 fatalities reported in the last 24 hours include three from West Bengal and two from Maharashtra.
