Coronavirus update: India reports 10,229 new Covid-19 cases, active tally lowest in 17 months

Coronavirus India update: India on Monday reported 10,229 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative cases in the country to 3,44,47,536, informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The active caseload stands at 1,34,096 in the country, the lowest in 523 days (17 months). The active cases presently constitute 0.39 percent of the country's total positive cases, which is the lowest since March 2020. Also Read | Stubble burning is not major cause of pollution in Delhi: Centre tells Supreme Court The daily rise in new COVID infections has been below 50,000 for 141 consecutive days now, the health ministry stated while giving coronavirus update about India. Also Read | Ready for complete lockdown: Delhi to Supreme Court amid rising air pollution Meanwhile, with 125 deaths recorded in the same time span, the death toll reached 4,63,655. Also, a total of 11,926 discharges were logged taking the total to 3,38,49,785. The recovery rate currently is at 98.26 percent, the highest since March 2020. The weekly positivity rate is currently at 0.99 percent remains less than 2 percent for the last 52 days now. The daily positivity rate reported to be 1.12 percent and it has remained below 2 percent for the last 42 days and below 3 percent for 77 consecutive days now. A total of 9,15,198 Covid-19 samples were tested in the last 24 hours and so far country has conducted 62,46,66,542 cumulative tests. As per the Union Health Ministry, 1,12,34,30,478 Covid-19 vaccine doses have been administered in India so far. -PTC News