NEW DELHI: The total number of active Covid-19 cases in India stood at 352,586 as of Monday, the lowest in nearly five months, reports Xinhua news agency quoted the health ministry’s statement.
“The share of active cases in the total positive cases has further shrunk to 3.57 per cent. This is lowest after 149 days,” said the statement.
As many as 27,071 new cases were added to the country’s Covid-19 tally in the last 24 hours, whereas 30,695 cases have recovered in the last 24 hours. The daily recoveries exceeded the new cases over the last 17 days.
“The total recovered cases are nearing 9.4 million, which translates to a recovery rate of 94.98 per cent,” the statement said, adding that the gap between recovered cases and active cases continues to grow and presently stands at 9,035,573.
In a related development, a Covid-19 cluster has been detected at a premier education institution in south India, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) located in Chennai, the capital city of Tamil Nadu state, after 66 students tested positive.
Covid-19 tests are being done on 700 more students and faculty members at the institution.
As a precautionary measure, faculty members and students have been asked to work from home, and all labs shut. – Bernama
