With 1.14 lakh new Covid cases, India logs lowest daily rise in 2 months

Amid the second Covid wave ebbing in most parts of the country, India logged 1.14 lakh new coronavirus infections during the last 24 hours, its lowest daily rise in almost two months.

The country also logged 2,677 Covid fatalities, its lowest daily death toll in 42 days, while the active cases dipped to 14.77 lakh on Saturday. With the latest addition, the total caseload climbed to 2,88,09,339 while the death toll rose to 3,46,759.

Meanwhile, the daily positivity rate has dropped to 5.62 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday.

Also, 20,36,311 tests were conducted on Saturday taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of Covid-19 in the country to 36,47,46,522, while the daily positivity has further declined to 5.62 per cent . It has been less than 10 per cent for 13 consecutive days, the ministry said.

The weekly positivity rate has declined to 6.54 per cent.

The active cases have reduced to 14,77,799 comprising 5.13 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate has improved to 93.67 per cent. A net decline of 77,449 cases has been recorded in the Covid-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.

Recoveries continue to outnumber daily new cases for 24 consecutive days. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 2,69,84,781, while the case fatality rate stands at 1.20 per cent, the data stated.