India has reported 45,951 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, according to data released by the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry on Wednesday. In the same time span, the country also saw 807 people succumbing due to the virus. This is lowest deaths due to Covid since April 10 when the country had recorded 839 fatalities due to the coronavirus.
With the new addition, the overall caseload of the country to 3,03,62,848 after India crossed the three crore mark exactly a week back. India is the only country after the United States to report over 3 crore cases of coronavirus. The country has witnessed 3,98,454 deaths linked to coronavirus so far.
It is also for the third time in over two and half months that the Covid-19 toll has come below the 1,000-mark and the 12th consecutive day in the last two months when the toll has been below the 2,000-mark.
It is also the 23rd consecutive day when India reported less than one lakh new coronavirus cases. On June 29, India recorded 37,566 cases, lowest since March 18 while on June 22 India reported 42,640 cases.
The active cases have now come down below 6 lakh. The country has 5,37,064 active cases presently.
A total of 60,729 people have been discharged in the last 24 hours, taking the total discharge to 2,94,27,330 till date, according to the Health Ministry.
The Health Ministry said that a total of 33,28,54,527 people have been vaccinated so far in the country, including 36,41,983 who were administered vaccines in the last 24 hours.
A total number of 41,01,00,044 samples have been tested up to June 29 for Covid-19. Of these 19,60,757 samples were tested on Tuesday: Indian Council of Medical Research.
Meanwhile, the overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 181.7 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.93 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
