India reports 30,093 new Covid-19 cases, 374 deaths

India on Tuesday reported 30,093 new Covid-19 cases, lowest in 125 days, taking the tally to 3,11,74,322 cases, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare data. The country also saw 374 new Covid-19 deaths, the lowest in nearly 4 months.

The number of active cases stood at 4,06,130 and 3,03,53,710 people have recovered from the virus so far. 45,254 people were discharged in the last 24 hours.

As many as 17,92,336 tests were conducted on Monday taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of Covid-19 in the country to 44,73,41,133.

The daily positivity rate was recorded at 1.68 per cent. It has been less than three per cent for 29 consecutive days, the ministry said, adding the weekly positivity rate has declined to 2.06 per cent. The case fatality rate stands at 1.33 per cent, the data stated.

Over 80 per cent of the new cases of Covid-19 in India have been caused due to the Delta variant which has now spread to 80 countries and the next wave will be driven by a variant to which a significant proportion of the population is susceptible, one of the government’s top health advisors has said.

“The B.1.617.2, a variant of Covid-19 known as the Delta variant, was first identified in October 2020 in India, and was primarily responsible for the second wave in the country, today accounting for over 80 per cent of new Covid-19 cases,” N K Arora, co-chair of the India Sars-Cov-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) said.

Cumulative vaccine doses administered so far has reached 41.18 crore under the nationwide vaccination drive.

With PTI inputs.