According to the Union Health Ministry, India had 1,73,790 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday, bringing the total to 27.7 million, while the country registered fewer than 200,000 instances for the third time this month.
The number of new viral infections registered on Saturday is the lowest in 45 days in India.
According to statistics updated at 8 a.m., at least 3,617 persons have died as a result of coronavirus sickness in the previous 24 hours. According to the health ministry, the virus has killed 322,512 individuals in the country.
On Saturday, the number of active cases in the country fell to 2,228,724 and accounted for 8.50 percent of overall infections. 2.49Cr people have recovered from the sickness, bringing India’s recovery rate to 90.3.
According to official data, recoveries from the viral illness have outnumbered daily new cases for 16 days in a row. The recovery rate had previously stabilized at 90.34 percent. According to the union health ministry, the country’s weekly positive rate is 10.42 percent.
After experiencing its worst-ever health catastrophe in independent India’s history, the country is on the verge of the second wave of Covid-19, with daily cases and fatalities beginning to decline, officials said on Friday.
“We are in the midst of the second wave of Covid-19, and we expect that it will continue even if limitations are greatly relaxed,” the ministry added.
“In India, there has been a gradual drop in new Covid-19 cases over the previous 20 days. “In addition, twenty-four states have reported a decrease in active Covid-19 cases in the recent week,” it noted.
