India reports 28,204 fresh COVID cases; lowest in 147 days

New Delhi, Aug 10: With 28,204 new COVID-19 infections reported in the last 24 hours, India on Tuesday recorded the lowest daily cases in 147 days, informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
India has been witnessing a continuous fall in the active caseload. It today stands at 3,88,508, which is the lowest in 139 days.
The active cases constitute 1.21 per cent of the total cases, the lowest since March 2020. With the new cases, the COVID case tally in India has reached 31,998,158.
Of the people infected since the beginning of the pandemic, 3,11,80,968 patients have already recovered from COVID-19 and 41,511 recovered in the last 24 hours.
India also recorded the highest ever recovery rate which currently is at 97.45 per cent.
The death toll has mounted to 4,28,682 including 373 new deaths.
The weekly positivity rate also remained below 5 per cent and is currently at 2.36 per cent. Further, the daily positivity rate is at 1.87 per cent, less than 3 per cent for 15 consecutive days.
The testing capacity in the country has been substantially ramped up with 48.32 crore tests conducted so far.
COVID-19 R-value more than 1 in 5 states: Govt
The Centre has said that 37 districts across nine states, including 11 districts in Kerala and seven in Tamil Nadu, are showing a rising trend in the average daily new COVID-19 cases over the last two weeks even as the corresponding nationwide figure continues to register a decline.
At a press briefing, officials said the reproduction number or R number that indicates the speed at which COVID-19 is spreading is more than 1 in five states — Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh — which remains a cause for concern. (Agencies)