India records 10,423 new fresh COVID-19 cases, lowest daily cases in 250 days

India has recorded its lowest daily Covid case count in 250 days, with 10,423 cases reported, a figure that is also 16% lower than yesterday. During those time, the country experienced 443 related deaths. Active cases account for 0.45% of all cases.

According to the government, India's active cases account for 0.45% of overall infections, the lowest since March 2020, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was 98.21%, the highest since March 2020.

For the previous 39 days, the weekly positive rate of 1.16 per cent is less than 2%. The daily positivity rate has been below 2% for the last 29 days at 1.03 per cent. So far, 106.85 million vaccine doses have been delivered as part of the nationwide immunisation campaign. According to government estimates, over three-quarters of adults in the 1.3 billion-person country have had one vaccination, and 30 per cent are completely immunised.

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Three hundred sixty-eight of the country's 443 deaths were recorded in Kerala, where 32,049 people died. The southern state also contributed 5,297 new cases, bringing the total number of cases to 49,73,954.
According to data from the Union Health Ministry, Maharashtra had 809 illnesses in the previous 24 hours. In a single day, Delhi recorded 18 new cases and zero deaths.

This week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will host a virtual conference with authorities from regions having poor COVID-19 immunisation coverage. According to the announcement, the conference will include areas with less than 50% coverage of the first dose and low coverage of the second dose of Covid vaccination.

Earlier on Monday, Australia recognised India's Covaxin for travel to the country, as it relaxed international travel restrictions. Five additional nations have opted to identify India's COVID-19 immunisation certificate, including Kyrgyzstan, Mauritius, and Mongolia.

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