September 3
India registered 45,352 new Covid-19 cases and 366 fatalities in the last 24 hours, according to the data released by Union Health Ministry.
The death toll due to Covid-19 reached 4,39,895.
The recovery of 34,791 patients in the last 24 hours has increased the cumulative tally of recovered patients (since the beginning of the pandemic) to 3,20,63,616.
The Active Caseload is presently 3,99,778. Active cases presently constitute 1.22% of the country’s total Positive Cases.
The testing capacity across the country continues to be expanded. The last 24 hours saw a total of 16,66,334 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 52.65 Cr (52,65,35,068) cumulative tests.
While testing capacity has been enhanced across the country, Weekly Positivity Rate at 2.66% remains less than 3% for the last 70 days now. The Daily Positivity rate stands at 2.72%. The daily Positivity rate has remained below 5% for 88 consecutive days now.
