India reports 25,166 new Covid-19 cases, lowest since five months

New Delhi: India on Tuesday reported 25,166 daily new Covid cases, the lowest in 154 days, according to the latest Health Ministry data on Tuesday.

The death toll climbed to 4,32,079 as 437 more people succumbed to COVID-19, the data updated at 8 am showed.

The caseload now stands at 3,22,50,679, while the national recovery rate was recorded at 97.51 per cent, the highest since March 2021.

Among all the states, Kerala has registered the maximum number of cases at 12,294, followed by Maharashtra with 4,145 cases, Tamil Nadu with 1,851 cases, Karnataka with 1,065 cases and Andhra Pradesh with 909 cases. 80.52 per cent of the country's total new cases have been reported from these five states, with Kerala alone responsible for 48.85 per cent.

The active cases have declined to 3,69,846, the lowest in 146 days. It comprises 1.15 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020, the Health Ministry said.

With 88.13 lakh doses given in the last 24 hours, India saw a new single-day vaccination record.

Also, 15,63,985 tests were conducted on Monday, taking the cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of COVID-19 in the country to 49,66,29,524. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 1.61 per cent. It has been less than three per cent for the last 22 days.

The weekly positivity rate was recorded at 1.98 per cent. It has been below three per cent for the last 53 days, according to the Health Ministry.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 3,14,48,754, while the case fatality rate stands at 1.34 per cent, the data stated.

Cumulatively, 55.47 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered under the nationwide vaccination drive so far with more than 88.13 lakh doses being administered in the last 24 hours, which is the highest ever vaccination achieved in a single day, the ministry said.

India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16. It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19.

India crossed the grim milestone of two crore on May 4 and three crore on June 23.