India has reported 2,503 new COVID-19 cases in a day, the lowest in 680 days while the swift decline in active cases continued with the active caseload at the lowest in 675 days.
The new cases take the total confirmed tally to 4,29,93,494.
A total of 27 COVID-19 deaths were also registered in the period, taking the toll due to the infectious disease to 5,15,877. Kerala continued to report backlog deaths as part of its data reconciliation exercise registering nine fatalities.
It also registered the highest deaths at six in the 24-hour period, followed by Odisha (7). Majority of the states and Union Territories (UTs), however, recorded no deaths during the day.
The active COVID-19 caseload in the country now stands at 36,168—0.08 percent of the total confirmed cases. Active coronavirus cases in Kerala, which has the highest caseload in the country, stand at 9,666. The active load of coronavirus in all the states and UTs is now under 10,000.
The pandemic is now shrinking at the rate of 7.5 percent.
Both daily and rolling average of the weekly test positivity rates in India stood at 0.47 percent.
States cumulatively registered 4,377 recoveries in the last 24 hours, raising total recoveries to 4,24,41,449 with the recovery rate reaching 98.72 percent.
The health ministry said that a total of 77.90 crore tests have been conducted in the country so far of which 5,32,232 tests were in the last 24 hours.
Overall, 180.19 crore vaccine doses have also been administered under the nationwide vaccination drive against coronavirus, as per details shared.
The government also said that more than 182.79 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses have been provided to the states so far.
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