At 7,178, India records marginal drop in daily Covid-19 cases

A total of 7,178 new Covid-19 cases were recorded in India in the last 24 hours, decreasing marginally from Sunday's case count of 10,112, stated a bulletin issued by the Union Health Ministry on Monday. Meanwhile the number of active cases dropped to 65,683, according to Union health ministry data.

The active cases now comprise 0.15 per cent of the total infections and the national COVID-19 recovery rate has been recorded at 98.67 per cent, the ministry said.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,43,01,865. Meanwhile, the death toll due to the viral disease has climbed to 5,31,345, with 16 fatalities in the last 24 hours. The case fatality rate was recorded at 1.18 per cent.

According to the ministry's website, 220.66 crore doses of Covid vaccine have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide vaccination drive.

On Sunday, Maharashtra recorded 545 fresh coronavirus cases and two fatalities. After the new additions, the state's COVID-19 tally rose to 81,61,894 and the death toll to 1,48,504.

A day earlier, Maharashtra recorded 850 cases and four fatalities. Mumbai saw 141 fresh cases and one fatality while another person died of COVID-19 in Ratnagiri.

The case fatality rate in Maharashtra stands at 1.81 per cent.