India from highest one day spike to lowest Tracing the Road to Recovery.
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- India reported 8,635 cases of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) during Tuesday the Union Ministry of Health states was the lowest one-day increase throughout eight months.
India reported 8,635 cases of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) during Tuesday, which the Union Ministry of Health says was the smallest one-day increase throughout eight months.
It also reported that the number of regular cases has fallen from a peak of 95,735 from September 10, 2020, to this low.
The Health Ministry on Twitter:
Over the last five weeks, India’s daily average reported cases had shown a downward fall. In the 27 Jan-2 Feb 2021 timeframe, the annual average new cases decreased to 12,772 from 18,934 throughout the 30 Dec 2020-5 Jan 2021 timespan, and the ministry said that on Twitter.
In another major development, the country has recorded fewer than 100 fatalities per day in the last 24 hours, the minimum in eight as well as a half months, the Ministry of Health says. On May 15, 2020, the number of 100 deaths was last reported.
The other significant milestones achieved by the country:
Speaking about the other important milestones accomplished by the country in the war against Covid-19, the ministry claimed that the active caseload, which as of Tuesday standing at 1.63,353, is only 1.52 per cent of the entire positive cases throughout India.
As per the update reported by the health ministry at 8 am on Tuesday, cumulative recoveries are also at 1.04 crore with the recovery ratio at 97.05 per cent.
Kerala is at the top, with 5,215 newly recovered patients a day, followed by Maharashtra, which has reported 3,289 recovery rates in the previous 24 hours, the Ministry of Health reported.
India in COVID-19 Vaccination:
India was the quickest to exceed 1 million, 2 million, as well as 3 million vaccination marks following the introduction of the national Covid-19 vaccination program.
1,91,313 healthcare staff have been vaccinated in 3,516 sessions in the last 24hrs, the health ministry added. So far, 72,731 sessions have been performed cumulatively, it said.
The first case of COVID-19:
On January 30, 2020, the very first case of Covid-19 was reported in India, when an Indian student from Wuhan University in China was found to be positive in Kerala. A year back, India is in fourth place in terms of cumulative toll.
