New Delhi: With 30,941 people testing positive for coronavirus, India’s total tally of Covid cases rose to 3,27,68,880, while the active cases declined to 3,70,640, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday.
The death toll has climbed to 4,38,560 with 350 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am.
The active cases comprise 1.13 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid recovery rate was recorded at 97.53 per cent, the ministry said.
An increase of 5,684 cases has been recorded in the active Covid caseload in a span of 24 hours.
As many as 13,94,573 tests were conducted on Monday taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of Covid in the country to 52,15,41,098.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.22 per cent. The weekly positivity rate was recorded at 2.51 per cent. It has been below three per cent for the last 67 days, according to the ministry.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 3,19,59,680, while the case fatality rate stands at 1.34 per cent, the data stated.
Cumulatively, 64.05 crore Covid vaccine doses have been administered under the nationwide vaccination drive till Tuesday morning.
The 350 new fatalities include 132 from Kerala, 67 from Odisha and from 52 from Maharashtra.
A total of 4,38,560 deaths have been reported so far in the country, including 1,37,20 from Maharashtra, 37,293 from Karnataka, 34,899 from Tamil Nadu, 25,081 from Delhi, 22,820 from Uttar Pradesh, 20,673 from Kerala and 18,434 from West Bengal.