India reports 8,309 new COVID-19 cases; active patients decline to 1,03,859

New Delhi: With 8,309 people testing positive for the coronavirus infection in a day, India’s tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 3,45,80,832, while the active cases have declined to 1,03,859, the lowest in 544 days, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll has climbed to 4,68,790 with 236 daily fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am. The daily rise in new coronavirus infections has been below 20,000 for 52 straight days and less than 50,000 daily new cases have been reported for 155 consecutive days now. The active cases have declined to 1,03,859 comprising 0.30 percent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.34 percent, the highest since March 2020, the health ministry said. A decrease of 1,832 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 1.09 percent. It has been less than 2 percent for last 56 days Weekly positivity rate was also recorded at 0.85 percent. It has been below 1 percent for the last 15 days, according to the health ministry. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 3,40,08,183 while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.36 percent. The cumulative doses administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive has exceeded 122.41 crore. India’s COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on 7 August, 2020, 30 lakh on 23 August, 40 lakh on 5 September and 50 lakh on 16 September. It went past 60 lakh on 28 September, 70 lakh on 11 October, crossed 80 lakh on 29 October, 90 lakh on 20 November and surpassed the one-crore mark on 19 December. India crossed the grim milestone of two crore on May 4 and three crore on June 23. The 236 new fatalities include 159 from Kerala and 33 from Maharashtra. Of the 159 deaths, 19 were reported over the last few days and 140 were designated as COVID-19 deaths after receiving appeals based on the new guidelines of the Centre and the directions of the Supreme Court, a Kerala state government release said on Sunday. A total of 4,68,790 deaths have been reported so far in the country including 1,40,941 from Maharashtra, 39,838 from Kerala, 38,198 from Karnataka, 36,463 from Tamil Nadu, 25,097 from Delhi, 22,910 from Uttar Pradesh and 19,462 from West Bengal. The health ministry stressed that more than 70 percent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities. “Our figures are being reconciled with the Indian Council of Medical Research,” the ministry said on its website, adding that state-wise distribution of figures is subject to further verification and reconciliation. Read all the Latest News , Trending News ,  Cricket News , Bollywood News , India News and Entertainment News here. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.