'We really need to look seriously to see if there are any local variants.'
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The drop is seen as a significant demographic indicator, reflecting the toll of the pandemic on the nation's population.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease has increased to 4,23,98,095.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 4.44 per cent and the weekly positivity rate at 4.30 per cent, according to the ministry.
India saw a single day rise of 1,109 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,30,33,067, while the active cases have further declined to 11,492 , according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday.
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The active cases account for 0.05 per cent of the total caseload, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has increased to 98.76 per cent, the ministry said.
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The weekly positivity rate was recorded at 2.31 per cent, according to the health ministry.
'If our body is able to mount a very successful immune response, we can negate the virus.'
India logged 16,135 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,35,18,564, while the active cases increased to 1,13,864, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Monday.
The death toll has climbed to 4,60,791 with 526 more fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am.
The active cases comprise 0.04 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.75 per cent, the ministry said.
'It is important for all of us to understand to have 1. COVID-19-appropriate behaviour, even after vaccination and 2. to try to increase the vaccination drive.'
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The daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.72 per cent. It has been less than three per cent for the last 11 days.
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The death toll due to the disease has climbed to 5,27,754 with 30 new fatalities being recorded.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 3,11,39,457, while the case fatality rate stands at 1.34 per cent, the data stated.
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The tally of active cases now comprises 0.05 per cent of the total infections.
'The larger number of patients, who are being affected by COVID-19, are essentially people who have a history of heart disease to begin with, and then experience a more severe form of the infection with COVID-19, because of the existing risk factor.'
The death toll climbed to 5,25,242 with 19 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.
The active cases comprise 0.05 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.74 per cent, the ministry said.
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The daily positivity rate has declined to 1.81 per cent . It has been less than three per cent for 22 consecutive days, the ministry said, adding the weekly positivity rate stands at 2.28 per cent.
India added 2,022 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,31,38,393, while the active cases dipped to 14,832, according to the Union health ministry data.
The active cases have declined to 4,50,899 and comprise 1.46 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has increased to 97.22 per cent, the data updated at 8 am showed.
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The number of active COVID-19 cases stands at 2,15,125, while 3,34,821 patients have been cured/discharged.
India's captain, who was playing in the ongoing four-day warm-up game against Leicestershire, has gone into quarantine.
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The daily positivity rate was recorded as 0.20 per cent and the weekly positivity rate was recorded as 0.25 per cent, according to the ministry.
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The active cases have further declined to 5,23,257 comprising 1.72 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has improved to 96.97 per cent.
With 1,421 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India's total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,30,19,453, while the active cases dipped to 16,187, according to the Union health ministry.