New Delhi, July 12
With 37,154 new coronavirus infections, India’s total tally of Covid cases rose to 3,08,74,376, while the total recoveries crossed three crore, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday.
The death toll climbed to 4,08,764 with 724 fresh fatalities.
The active cases have declined to 4,50,899 and comprise 1.46 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid recovery rate has increased to 97.22 per cent, the data updated at 8 am showed.
A decrease of 3,219 cases has been recorded in the active Covid caseload in a span of 24 hours.
As many as 14,32,343 tests were conducted on Sunday taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of Covid in the country to 43,23,17,813, while the daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.59 per cent. It has been less than three per cent for 21 consecutive days, the ministry said.
The weekly positivity rate stands at 2.32 per cent, it said.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 3,00,14,713 and the case fatality rate stands at 1.32 per cent, the data stated.
Cumulative vaccine doses administered so far has reached 37.73 crore under the Nationwide Vaccination Drive.
The 724 new fatalities include 350 from Maharashtra and 97 from Kerala.
A total of 4,08,764 deaths have been reported so far in the country, including 1,25,878 from Maharashtra, 35,835 from Karnataka, 33,418 from Tamil Nadu, 25,015 from Delhi, 22,698 from Uttar Pradesh, 17,916 from West Bengal and 16,186 from Punjab.
