India records 32,937 fresh Covid-19 cases, 417 deaths

India on Monday reported 32,937 new cases, which is 8.7 per cent lower than Sunday, pushing the overall cases to 3,22,25,513.

The country also reported 417 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative death count to 4,31,642, reports NDTV. 

The 3,81,947 active cases, down from 3,85,336 on Sunday, comprise 1.18 per cent of the total infections in the country, the lowest since March last year. The national recovery rate stands at 97.48 per cent, the highest since March last year.

The daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.79 per cent. It has remained below 3 per cent for the last 21 days.

As many as 11,81,212 Covid-19 tests were conducted on Sunday, taking the total number of tests conducted so far in the country to 49,48,05,652.

54.58 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses have been administered under the nationwide vaccination drive so far.

Of the total 4,31,642 deaths reported so far in the country, 1,35,039 were from Maharashtra, 36,979 from Karnataka, 34,519 from Tamil Nadu, 25,069 from Delhi, 22,784 from Uttar Pradesh, 18,601 from Kerala and 18,303 from West Bengal.

The Health Ministry has stressed that more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities.

Delhi reported 53 fresh Covid-19 cases that took its overall count to 14,37,091, while the positivity rate stood at 0.08 per cent. No fresh deaths were reported. The death count stands at 25,069.