India has recorded 40,715 new infections in the last 24 hours on Tuesday which is 13 per cent lower than a day before. With the new addition, the total tally of the country has reached 1,16,86,796.
The country had reported a single-day spike of 46,951 infections March 22 which marked country’s highest total since November 11. Prior to this, the country registered an increase in the new cases for 12 consecutive days.
Maharashtra, Punjab, Karnataka, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh were exhibiting a steep rise in the daily cases, said Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
The states and UTs that have registered high number of cases are under the close observation of the Central government.
Meanwhile, 199 more people lost their life to the virus in the last 24 hours, taking the total toll to the 1,60,166 in India. As on date, active caseload in the country has mounted to 3,45,377.
With the discharge of 29,785 patients in a day, a total of 1,11,81,253 persons have been discharged so far.
A total of 9,67,459 tests were done on Monday, informed Indian Council of Medical Research.
So far, 4.84 crore doses of corona vaccine have been administered in the country since the drive began on January 16 after approval for ‘Covishield’ and ‘Covaxin’.
India has also decided to extend the interval between doses of Covishield vaccine to 4-8 weeks, the Health Ministry said on Monday. Earlier, the duration of gap between two doses was 4-6 week.
