India reports 8,309 COVID cases, 236 deaths in last 24 hours

India reported 8,309 new COVID-19 cases and 236 deaths in the last 24 hours, data from the union health ministry confirmed on Monday. India’s total infection tally now stands at 3,45,72,523, with the death toll pushed to 4,68,790. India’s Active caseload stands at 1,03,859; lowest in 544 days.

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9,905 patients recovered from the infection in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of recoveries to 3,40,08,183. The national recovery rate stands at 98.34%, the highest since March 2020. 

The cumulative testing tally across the country has crossed 63.94 crores, with the daily positivity rate recorded at 1.09% – below 2% for the last 56 days. The weekly positivity rate (0.85%) has stayed under 1% for the last 15 days. 

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The government administered 42,04,171 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine across the country in the last 24 hours, taking India’s total vaccination count to 1,22,41,68,929. India’s mass vaccination campaign was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 16. 

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.

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