India on Tuesday logged a further decline in daily Covid-19 cases with 27,409 new infections, against 34,113 a day ago, taking the virus tally to 4,26,92,943. 347 fatalities were reported over the past 24 hours, Union Health Ministry data showed.
The daily Covid-19 cases have been recorded less than one lakh for nine consecuitive days
The active cases comprise 0.99 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate has further improved to 97.82 per cent, the ministry said.
A reduction of 55,755 cases has been recorded in the active Covid-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
Meanwhile, apex drug regulatory body Drugs Controller General of India's Subject Expert Committee on Monday granted the restricted emergency use authorisation to Biological E's Covid vaccine Corbevax for adolescents in the 12 to 18 years age bracket.
However, the approval is subject to certain conditions.
India's Covid-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16. It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19.
India crossed the grim milestone of two crore on May 4 and three crore on June 23.
(With inputs from PTI)
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