India recorded 34,703 fresh COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the lowest in 111 days, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,06,19,932, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday (July 6).
The daily positivity rate stands at 2.11%, less than 3% for the 15th consecutive days.
The death toll climbed to 4,03,281 with 553 new fatalities, the lowest in around 91 days.
Further, the recoveries have outnumbered fresh infections for the 54th consecutive day as 51,864 were discharged on Monday. With this, the total number of discharges has reached 2,97,52,294 and the recovery rate has improved to 97.17%.
The active cases have further declined to 4,64,357, the lowest in 101 days, and comprise 1.52% of the total infections.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), a total of 42,14,24,881 samples has been tested for COVID-19, up to July 3, out of these, 16,47,424 samples were tested on Monday.
According to the Union Health Ministry, as many as 35.75 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered so far since the commencement of the vaccination drive on January 16.
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