India reported 34,113 new Covid-19 cases and 346 related deaths in the last 24 hours ending 8 AM, Monday, as per data released by Union Health Ministry.
After close to 3.5 lakh Covid cases being reported daily between January 20-26, cases dipped to under 40,000 on February 14. However, it is necessary to closely analyse and see if the cases have dropped due to less testing or there has been a general decline in the spread of the virus.
Active cases amount to 1.12% of total cases and stood at 4,78,882. On Sunday, the country's active cases stood at the 5 lakh mark.
There was a marginal increase reported in the daily positivity rate at 3.19% in comparison to Sunday's 3.17%. However, the weekly positivity rate climbed down to 3.99% from Sunday's 4.46%.
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346 fatalities were reported in the past 24 hours, taking the total toll to 5,09,011 deaths. On a better note, 91,930 patients were discharged as per Ministry data and the daily recovery rate was recorded to be 97.68%. 4.16 crore patients have recovered so far.
India also vaccinated nearly 12 lakh individuals in a span of 24 hours and total jabs administered till date are 172.9 crore.
As India continues to report lower cases each day, five states currently have more than 10 districts with a positivity rate of more than 10 per cent: Rajasthan (17), Kerala (14), and Maharashtra, Arunachal Pradesh, and Mizoram (11 each).