New Delhi:
India recorded the lowest daily cases in four months with 30,548 fresh COVID-19 infections in the past 24 hours, according to government data. That figure was 25% lower than Sunday’s workload. India now has more than 88.45 lakh of coronavirus cases in total to date, with 1.3 lakh of deaths linked to COVID-19.
Coronavirus deaths have climbed to 130,070 with 435 new deaths, data updated at 8 a.m. The number of active cases remained below 5 lakh for the sixth consecutive day.
There are 4.65,478 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country to date, which is 5.26% of the total number of cases, according to the data.
The total number of recoveries climbed to 82,499,579, bringing the national recovery rate to 93.27%. The case fatality rate of COVID-19 is 1.47%.
Meanwhile, Delhi will not be subject to another lockdown following the third wave of COVID-19 as it has already peaked, Health Minister Satyendar Jain said on Monday, rejecting any speculation.
“There is no chance of a lockdown,” Health Minister Satyendar Jain said today. “I can tell you today that the peak of Delhi’s third wave is gone,” Jain said. Asked about the closing of the markets, he said: “It was not even considered. The festival is over, the crowds are going to thin out now.”