India records 7,240 new COVID-19 cases, 8 deaths- The New Indian Express

By PTI

NEW DELHI: The one-day rise in new coronavirus infections within the nation was recorded over 7,000 after 99 days, registering round 39 per cent bounce in every day instances, whereas the every day positivity fee crossed 2 per cent after 111 days, the Union Well being Ministry mentioned on Thursday.

A complete of seven,240 infections have been recorded in a span of 24 hours taking India’s complete tally of COVID-19 instances to 4,31,97,522, whereas the dying toll has climbed to five,24,723 with eight recent fatalities, knowledge up to date at 8 am by the ministry said.

The energetic instances have elevated to 32,498, comprising 0.08 per cent of the whole infections, whereas the nationwide COVID-19 restoration fee was recorded at 98.71 per cent, the well being ministry mentioned.

A complete of seven,554 new Covid instances have been reported on March 1.A rise of three,641 instances has been recorded within the energetic COVID-19 case depend in a span of 24 hours.

The every day positivity fee was recorded at 2.13 per cent whereas the weekly positivity fee was additionally recorded at 1.31 per cent, in accordance with the info.

The quantity of people that have recuperated from the illness surged to 4,26,40,301 , whereas the case fatality fee was recorded at 1.21 per cent.

The cumulative doses administered within the nation thus far underneath the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive has exceeded 194.59 crore.

India’s COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16.

It went previous 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19, 2020.

India crossed the grim milestone of two crore instances on Might 4 and three crore on June 23, 2021. The eight new fatalities embody one every from Delhi and Chhattisgarh and 6 deaths from Kerala.