BSS
  25 Oct 2021, 15:17

Active COVID-19 cases in India decline to 1,67,695

     NEWDELHI, Oct 25, 2021 (BSS/PTI)-India logged 14,306 new COVID-19 cases,
taking the virus tally to 3,41,89,774, while the active cases declined to
1,67,695, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday.

     The death toll climbed to 4,54,712 with 443 daily fatalities, according
to the data updated at 8 am.

     The daily rise in new coronavirus infections has been below 30,000 for
31 straight days and less than 50,000 daily new cases have been reported for
120 consecutive days now.

     The active cases comprise 0.49 per cent of the total infections, the
lowest since March 2020, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was
recorded at 98.18 per cent, the highest since March 2020, the ministry said.

     A decrease of 4,899 cases has been recorded in the total active number
of COVID-19 cases in a span of 24 hours.

     The daily positivity rate was recorded at 1.43 per cent and the weekly
positivity rate was also recorded at 1.24 per cent, according to the
ministry.

     The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to
3,35,67,367, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.33 per cent.

     The cumulative doses administered in the country so far under the
nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive has exceeded 102.27 crore.

     India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020,
30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16.

It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh
on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on
December 19.

     India crossed the grim milestone of two crore on May 4 and three crore
on June 23.