Covid-19: 474 new cases of corona virus infection in the country

After 474 new cases of corona virus infection were reported in India in the last 24 hours, the number of people infected so far in the country increased to 4,46,67,398. These are the lowest daily cases reported after 6 April 2020, when 354 daily cases were reported.

According to the updated data released by the Union Health Ministry at 8 am on Tuesday, due to the death of one person due to infection in Gujarat, the number of deaths due to infection in the country increased to 5,30,533. The number of patients under treatment for corona virus infection in India has come down to 7,918, which is 0.02 percent of the total cases, increasing the national recovery rate to 98.79 percent. So far, a total of 4,41,27,724 people have become infection free in the country, while the death rate from Covid-19 is 1.19 percent. According to the information available on the website of the ministry, 219.81 crore doses of anti-Covid-19 vaccines have been given so far under the nationwide vaccination campaign.

Significantly, on 7 August 2020, the number of corona virus infected in India had exceeded 20 lakh, on 23 August 2020, 30 lakh and on 5 September 2020, more than 40 lakh. The total cases of infection crossed 50 lakh on 16 September 2020, 60 lakh on 28 September 2020, 70 lakh on 11 October 2020, 80 lakh on 29 October 2020 and 90 lakh on 20 November.

On December 19, 2020, these cases had exceeded one crore in the country. Last year, on May 4, the number of infected had crossed 20 million and on June 23, 2021, it had crossed 30 million. On January 25 this year, the total cases of infection had crossed four crores.