Fresh cases of Covid-19 in India drops to 30,000 after five days, even as the threat of a third wave persists.
As many as 30,941 people tested positive for the coronavirus in the last 24 hours according to the Health Ministry’s update as of 9 a.m. on Aug. 31. The daily infections rate had remained above the 40,000-mark for the previous five days.
Daily recoveries, at around 36,000, also overtook fresh cases for the first time in seven days. The country's active case load too dropped to 3.70 lakh, about 1.13% of India’s total Covid tally.
Key Coronavirus Data
Total confirmed cases: 3,27,68,880
Total number of active cases: 3,70,640
Total patients cured/discharged/migrated: 3,19,59,680
Total deaths: 4,38,560
Number of fresh cases in last 24 hours: 30,941
Number of recoveries in a day: 36,275
Deaths recorded in a day: 350
Total vaccine doses administered: 64,05,28,644
Doses administered in the last 24 hours: 59,62,286
The weekly positivity rate has remained below 3% for the last 67 days.
