New Delhi:India recorded 53,256 new cases of COVID-19 during the past 24 hours, pushing the country's caseload to 2,99,35,221, while the death toll soared to 3,88,135 with 1422 more fatalities, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday. The registered daily spike is lowest after 88 days.
The active cases declined by 26,356 to stand at 7,02,887. It is now 2.35 per cent of the total caseload.
The past 24 hours saw 78,190 people recovering from the deadly virus, taking the total recovery count to 2,88,44,199, which is 96.36 per cent of the case tally. The fatality rate stood at 1.30 per cent.
Meanwhile, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said that a total of 39,24,07,782 lakh samples have been tested so far for coronavirus. Of this, 13,88,699 were tested on Sunday.
Till now, 28,00,36,898 people have been administered COVID-19 vaccines, with 30,39,996 being inoculated against the virus in the past 24 hrs.
Over 2.98 cr Covid vaccine doses still available with states: Health Ministry
More than 2.98 crore (2,98,77,936) Covid-19 vaccine doses are still available with the states and Union Territories, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Monday.
As many as 2,310 more will be received by them within the next three days, it added.
So far, the Centre has provided 29.35 crore (29,35,04,820) doses to the states. Of this, the total consumption, including wastages is 26,36,26,884 doses, as per data available this morning.
'As part of the nationwide vaccination drive, the Government of India has been supporting the States and UTs by providing them COVID Vaccines free of cost. In addition, the Govt. of India has also been facilitating direct procurement of vaccines by the States/UTs. Vaccination is an integral pillar of the comprehensive strategy of the Government of India for containment and management of the pandemic, along with Test, Track, Treat and COVID-appropriate behaviour,' the Ministry said.
Meanwhile, India recorded 53,256 new cases of COVID-19 during the past 24 hours, pushing the country's caseload to 2,99,35,221, while the death toll soared to 3,88,135 with 1422 more fatalities, according to the Ministry's data.
A total of 28,00,36,898 doses have been administered since January 16 this year, of which 30,39,996 were administered in the past 24 hours, the data showed.(UNI)