India has logged in 2,59,170 fresh Covid cases in the last 24 hours, a slight decline against the Monday when 2,73,810 cases were reported in the highest single-day spike ever. With this the country’s overall Covid tally reached 1,53,21,089, according to the Health Ministry data released on Tuesday. Meanwhile, a total of 1,761 people died of Covid in the last 24 hours, taking the country’s death toll to 1,80,530 so far. The daily active cases tally rose to 20,31,977.
This is for the sixth day that the country has registered over two lakh Covid cases. India on Sunday recorded 2,61,500 new cases, 2,34,692 cases on Saturday, 2,00,739 and 2,17,353 cases on Thursday and Friday respectively.
A total of 1,54,761 patients recovered in the same time span, taking the number of recoveries to 1,31,08,582 with a recovery rate of 85.65 per cent.
A total of 15,19,486 samples were tested in the last 24 hours. So far, a total of 26,94,14,035 samples have been tested in the country: Indian Council of Medical Research
According to the official data, a total of 32,76,555 people were also vaccinated on Monday, taking the total inoculation count to 12,71,29,113.
The Centre on Monday announced to make vaccination eligible for all adults above the age of 18 from May 1. The decision was taken during a meeting chaired by Prime Minister which also saw the presence of health officials and head of pharma giants.
Meanwhile, the overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 141.8 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.02 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
