Covid-19 India Updates: Active Infections Drop To 5 Lakh; Total Death Toll Tops 4 Lakh

Active Covid-19 infections in India dropped to 5 lakh even as the country's total death toll topped 4 lakh.

46,600 people tested positive for the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, according to the Health Ministry’s update as of 8 a.m. on July 2. More than 59,000 patients recovered in the same period, helping the country bring down its active caseload.

853 people succumbed to the deadly pathogen in a day, taking India's total Covid-19 death toll above 4 lakh.

Key Numbers

• Total confirmed cases: 3,04,58,251

• Total number of active cases: 5,09,637

• Total patients cured/discharged/migrated: 2,95,48,302

• Total deaths: 4,00,312

• Number of fresh cases in last 24 hours: 46,617

• One-day recoveries: 59,384

• One-day deaths: 853

• Total vaccination shots administered: 34,00,76,232