COVID-19 Cases: India has so far conducted over 66.41 crore cumulative tests. (File)
India reported 7,081 fresh COVID-19 cases and 264 deaths in the last 24 hours, informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Sunday. The country’s active caseload currently stands at 83,913, lowest in 570 days.
According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), the active cases in the country account for less than 1 per cent of total cases, currently at 0.24 per cent which is the lowest since March last year.
As per the ministry’s press release, a total of 12,11,977 tests had been conducted in India in the last 24 hours. “India has so far conducted over 66.41 crore (66,41,09,365) cumulative tests.”
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Ladakh reports 28 new COVID cases and 21 recoveries, taking active cases to 188 — 158 cases in Leh & 30 cases in Kargil: UT Administration
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Assam reported two deaths due to COVID-19 on Sunday, while 75 more persons tested positive for the infection, pushing the total number of cases to 6,19,492, the National Health Mission (NHM) said.
With one person each in Kamrup Metropolitan and Sonitpur districts losing their lives, the total number of COVID-19 deaths rose to 6,147.
The NHM said 1,347 more COVID-19 patients have died till now, but the government’s Death Audit Board has not included them in the deaths caused by the COVID-19 virus as they had other ailments too.
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