Covid: India reports lowest fresh cases in nearly four months, active tally dips

Shoppers throng Trilok Puri market after authorities eased COVID-induced lockdown restrictions (Hindustan Times) — Shoppers throng Trilok Puri market after authorities eased COVID-induced lockdown restrictions **(Hindustan Times)**

1 min read . Updated: 06 Jul 2021, 10:07 AM IST Livemint

The cumulative active cases now stand at 4,64,357.

As many 34,703 new COVID-19 cases were reported in India in the last 24 hours, informed the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday.

This is the tenth consecutive day with less than 50,000 new cases reported in a day. According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the recovery rate of the country has climbed to 97.17%.

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Daily recoveries continued to outnumber the daily new cases for the 54th consecutive day. The cumulative active cases now stand at 4,64,357.

Tuesday’s Covid-19 tally is 5,093 less than that of Monday’s when 39,796 people were detected positive for the viral disease. On the other hand, the toll on Tuesday is 170 less than that of Monday’s when 723 deaths were reported.

According to the India Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 421,424,881 samples have been tested for Covid-19 so far of which 1,647,424 were tested in the last 24 hours.

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