India’s daily COVID cases fall below 1000 mark after 715 days

In another significant development, following a continuous downward trend, India’s daily new cases reported on Monday morning (913) have declined below 1,000 mark after 715 days. Last time daily new COVID cases were below 1,000 mark was on 18th April 2020.

In another significant development, India’s active caseload (12,597) on Monday has declined to less than 13,000 mark after 714 days. Active cases now constitute 0.03% of the country’s total Positive Cases. The caseload was 12,974 Active Cases on 18th April 2020.

Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.76%. 1,316 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours and the cumulative tally of recovered patients (since the beginning of the pandemic) is now at 4,24,95,089. Daily deaths reported are less than 10 today.

There has been a sustained fall in the weekly and daily Positivity Rates too. The weekly Positivity Rate in the country currently stands at 0.22% and the Daily Positivity rate is also reported to be 0.29%.

India’s COVID-19

coverage has exceeded 184.70 crore (1,84,70,83,279) as per provisional reports till 7 am Monday.

COVID-19 vaccination for the age group 12-14 years was started on 16 March, 2022. So far, more than 1.86 Cr (1,86,39,260) adolescents have been administered with the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine.