India's fresh cases stayed below 10,000 for the second day in a row, as the country's Omicron-fuelled third wave continues to further recede.
The world's second-most populous country reported 6,915 fresh cases in the last 24 hours, according to the health ministry's update at 8 a.m. on March 1. Except the last two days, cases were below 10,000 only at Dec. 29 last year.
Active cases amount to 0.22% of the total case count, while recovery rate stands at 98.59%.
Key Figures
Total confirmed cases: 4,29,31,045
Total number of active cases: 92,472
Total patients cured/discharged/migrated: 4,23,24,550
Total deaths: 5,14,023
Number of fresh cases in last 24 hours: 6,915
One-day recoveries: 16,864
One-day deaths: 180
Total vaccines administered: 1,77,70,25,914
Vaccines administered in the last 24 hours: 18,22,513
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