India Covid cases: The daily COVID-19 cases have remained less than one lakh for 22 consecutive days.
New Delhi:
India on Monday reported at least 6,915 new COVID-19 cases–14 per cent lower than yesterday’s daily spike of over 8,000 cases. According to Union Health Ministry, India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,29,24,130.
The death count climbed to 5,13,843 with 119 fresh fatalities, the data updated on Monday stated. Kerala added 46 deaths as backlog to the tally.
The daily COVID-19 cases have remained less than one lakh for 23 consecutive days.
The active cases, comprising 0.22 per cent of the total infections, dipped to 92,472, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has marginally improved to 98.59 per cent, the ministry said.
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Covid Update: 2 deaths, 45 fresh virus cases in Punjab
Two more people died from coronavirus while 45 fresh cases took the state’s infection tally to 7,58,091 in Punjab, according to a medical bulletin on Monday.
The fresh deaths were reported from Ludhiana and Hoshiarpur, taking the state’s infection count to 17,706.
The number of active cases stood at 684. Of the fresh cases, Jalandhar reported nine cases followed by six