India records 8,306 new cases of COVID-19, active cases lowest in 552 days

In the previous 24 hours, India recorded 8,306 new cases of COVID-19 infections and 8,834 recoveries. According to figures published this morning by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the active COVID-19 caseload is now at 98,416 — the lowest in 552 days.
On Sunday, India experienced a single-day increase of 2,796 fatalities when Bihar conducted a reconciliation exercise of its Covid data, bringing its death toll to 4,73,326, with 8,895 new infections reported.

The overall number of COVID-19 cases in India has risen to 3,46,33,255, according to statistics updated at 8 a.m. On July 21, India saw a single-day increase of 3,998 deaths after Maharashtra conducted the 14th reconciliation exercise of their Covid data.

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According to the Union Health Ministry, 2,426 reconciled deaths by Bihar were modified in Sunday's figures, resulting in 2,796 fatalities. Kerala also erased a 263-death backlog. As a result, the nation's death toll has risen. For the past 161 days, the daily increase in new coronavirus infections has stayed below 50,000.

According to the health ministry, the national COVID-19 recovery rate is 98.35%. According to the past 24 hours, the active COVID-19 caseload has decreased by 819 cases in the report.

The daily positivity rate was calculated to be 0.73 per cent. For the past 62 days, it has been less than 2%. The weekly positivity rate was calculated to be 0.80%. According to the health ministry, it has stayed below 1% for the past 21 days.

The number of persons who have recovered from the sickness has risen to 3,40,60,774, with a 1.37 per cent case fatality rate. The total number of COVID-19 vaccine doses provided in the country has surpassed 127.61 crore.