At 29,689, India logs lowest single day COVID case rise in over 3 months; 415 deaths reported

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India logs 29,689 new COVID cases, 415 deaths

India recorded less than 30,000 fresh COVID-19 cases after 132 days while its active caseload fell below 4,00,000 after 124 days on Tuesday, according to Union health ministry data. India recorded 29,689 new coronavirus infections that pushed its tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,14,40,951 while the death toll climbed to 4,21,382 with 415 daily fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.

The active cases have declined to 3,98,100 and comprise 1.27 per cent of the total infections. The national COVID-19 recovery rate has improved to 97.39 per cent, it stated.

The number of active cases fell by 13,089 in a span of 24 hours.

As many as 17,20,110 COVID-19 tests were conducted on Monday, taking the total number of tests conducted so far to 45,91,64,121.

The daily positivity rate has declined to 1.73 per cent. The weekly positivity rate was recorded at 2.33 per cent, the ministry data stated.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 3,06,21,469, while the case fatality rate stands at 1.34 per cent, it said.

The total number of vaccine doses administered so far has reached 44.19 crore under the nationwide vaccination drive.

S. No.	Name of State / UT	Active Cases*		Cured/Discharged/Migrated*		Deaths**
S. No.	Name of State / UT	Total	Change since yesterday	Cumulative	Change since yesterday	Cumulative	Change since yesterday
1	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	15	1	7385	3	129
2	Andhra Pradesh	22155	203	1919354	2440	13256	15
3	Arunachal Pradesh	4266	199	41385	360	216	3
4	Assam	15257	469	538098	1501	5136	22
5	Bihar	502	28	714330	107	9639	2
6	Chandigarh	33	1	61085	4	809
7	Chhattisgarh	2738	51	984913	176	13516	5
8	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	46	2	10587	2	4
9	Delhi	579	8	1410288	72	25043	2
10	Goa	1158	80	166201	149	3132	6
11	Gujarat	330	12	814307	42	10076
12	Haryana	715	25	759405	45	9619	2
13	Himachal Pradesh	841	90	200706	133	3514	1
14	Jammu and Kashmir	1288	31	314995	197	4374
15	Jharkhand	254	22	341568	50	5124
16	Karnataka	23442	486	2834741	1465	36374	22
17	Kerala	140779	2153	3114716	15247	16035	66
18	Ladakh	67	1	20026	5	207
19	Lakshadweep	76	5	10004	7	49
20	Madhya Pradesh	148	1	781090	13	10512
21	Maharashtra	98341	1508	6035029	5212	131552	123
22	Manipur	10581	330	80608	864	1478	13
23	Meghalaya	5007	299	55163	288	1024	10
24	Mizoram	9743	1971	23572	334	137	2
25	Nagaland	1285	27	25481	91	542	4
26	Odisha	16859	342	945177	2108	5512	67
27	Puducherry	922		117620	102	1789	2
28	Punjab	699	72	581829	117	16266	8
29	Rajasthan	313	15	944277	35	8952
30	Sikkim	3017	168	21813	169	330
31	Tamil Nadu	23364	661	2491222	2447	33911	22
32	Telangana	9405	220	627964	710	3784	4
33	Tripura	3663	271	72132	490	744	5
34	Uttarakhand	637	26	333728	25	7359
35	Uttar Pradesh	868	64	1684537	66	22750	1
36	West Bengal	11796	95	1493770	892	18073	9
Total#		411189	2977	30579106	35968	420967	416

Meanwhile, the United Nation's deputy humanitarian chief on Monday warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is hitting conflict-ridden and impoverished countries much worse this year than in 2020, with many facing higher caseloads and rising deaths.

Ramesh Rajasingham said in a closed briefing to the UN Security Council that these surges are being fueled by a lack of access to vaccines, an easing of public health measures, increased social mixing, and the spread of the delta variant to at least 124 countries, including 17 fragile and conflict-affected nations.

“This pandemic is far from over,” he said.

“We are arguably in one of the most dangerous periods for the poorest people on our planet.”

In his briefing obtained by The Associated Press, Rajasingham said that so far in 2021 almost three-quarters of countries needing humanitarian aid have recorded more cases or deaths than in all of 2020.