This takes the country’s total tally of Covid-19 infections from the beginning of the pandemic to 4,46,72,068.
With a decrease of 141 cases from the previous day, India’s active declined to 4,982, according to the Union health ministry data on Tuesday morning.
The active cases comprise 0.01 per cent of the total infections.
The one new fatality has been reported from Delhi.
The country’s overall death toll since the beginning of the pandemic has now reached 5,30,615.
The national recovery rate stands at 98.80 per cent, the health ministry said. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,41,36,471.
According to the health ministry, 219.91 crore of Covid vaccination doses have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide inoculation drive.
India’s Covid-19 tally had crossed the one-crore mark in December, 2020, two crore in May, last year and three crore in June, 2021. The four crore mark was breached in January, this year.
