The death toll climbed to 5,25,199 with 31 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.
India reported less than one lakh new coronavirus infections after a gap of 63 days, while the daily positivity rate dropped to 4.62 per cent, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Tuesday.
The active cases comprise 0.03 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate remained at 98.76 per cent, the ministry said.
India recorded COVID-19 cases below 1,000 for the first time since April 18, 2020 when 991 cases were reported.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,09,38,146 which translates to a national COVID-19 recovery rate of 96.92 per cent, while the case fatality rate stands at 1.40 per cent, the data stated.
Justice Najmi Waziri issued the direction to three private companies which had entered into an agreement to import 10 lakh test kits from China and distribute them here at a cost of Rs 600 each, the rate approved by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
The active cases comprise 0.03 per cent of the total infections.
The COVID-19 case fatality rate due to the coronavirus infection has further dropped to 1.66 per cent.
A reduction of 635 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
Justice K Ravichandrababu held that the impugned reservation was bad in law and violated Article 14 of the Constitution (Equality before law).
The recovery rate has dropped further to 96.95 per cent, the ministry data stated.
The death toll increased to 1,57,346 with 98 daily new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.
The health ministry stressed that more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities.
There are 8,15,538 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country.
The death toll climbed to 5,24,941 with 38 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,08,26,075.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,07,75,169
India registered over 10,000 cases for the eighth day in a row.
The death toll has climbed to 5,16,605 with 62 new fatalities being reported in the last 24 hours, the data updated at 8 am showed.
COVID-19 cases in the country jumped from 10 lakh to 20 lakh in 21 days, while it had taken 59 days for the cases to cross the 10 lakh-mark.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,26,90,845.
With the fresh cases, the total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,29,93,494. On May 3, 2020, 2,487 cases were recorded.
India's tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 1,08,38,194, with 11,831 new infections, while the daily deaths fell below 100 for the fourth time this month, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Monday.
India's tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 1,08,26,363 with 12,059 new infections being reported in a day, while the daily deaths fell below 100 for the third time this month, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday.
The death toll climbed to 5,15,850 with 47 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.
The active cases comprise 0.07 per cent of the total infections.
India saw a single day rise of 4,184 coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,29,80,067, while the active cases dipped to 44,488, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday.
This is the sixth consecutive day when COVID-19 cases increased by more than 30,000.
The recovery rate stands at 62.61 per cent.
The death toll climbed to 5,24,701 with nine fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.
The health ministry stressed that more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities.
The death toll climbed to 5,15,210 with 108 fresh fatalities.
India logged 4,270 new coronavirus infections taking the tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,31,76,817, while the daily positivity rate was recorded above one per cent after 34 days, according to the Union health ministry data.
This is the fourth consecutive day that COVID-19 cases have increased by more than 28,000.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,26,15,574.
The death toll climbed to 20,160 as 467 more people succumbed to the disease.
The death toll climbed to 5,14,023 with 180 new fatalities reported in 24 hours, the data updated at 8 am stated.
On December 28 last year, 9,195 people were infected in a day. The death toll has climbed to 5,13,843 with 119 daily fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.
It took 110 days for coronavirus infections in the country to reach one lakh, while just 44 days more to go past the six-lakh mark. With a steady rise, the number of recoveries stands at 3,59, 859 while one patient has migrated. There are 2,26,947 active cases of coronavirus infection presently in the country.
This is the sixth consecutive day that coronavirus infections have increased by more than 15,000. The country has seen a surge of 3,57,783 infections from June 1 till date.
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