Fresh cases of Covid-19 in India fell to around 31,000 even as a projected third wave threatens to hit economic activity in the country.
As many as 31,222 people tested positive for the coronavirus in the last 24 hours according to the Health Ministry's update as of 9 a.m. on Sept. 7.
Daily recoveries, at around 43,000, continued to exceed fresh cases for the second day in a row, helping the active case load drop below 4 lakh.
Active cases now account for 1.19% of the total cases in India, while the weekly positivity rate has remained below 3% for the last 74 days.
Key Coronavirus Data
Total confirmed cases: 3,30,58,843
Total number of active cases: 3,92,864
Total patients cured/discharged/migrated: 3,22,24,937
Total deaths: 4,41,042
Number of fresh cases in last 24 hours: 31,222
Number of recoveries in a day: 42,942
Deaths recorded in a day: 290
Total vaccine doses administered: 69,90,62,776
Doses administered in the last 24 hours: 1,13,53,571
1.13 crore vaccine doses were administered in the last 24 hours, taking the total number shots given in the country to nearly 70 crore.
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