In the last 24 hours, active COVID cases increased by 16,167 to 1,35,510

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• Aug 8, 2022 | Kabir Chakraborty

Active cases: In just 24 hours, there has been an increase of 577 cases in the COVID-19 backlog. According to the ministry, active cases make up 0.31 percent of all infections.

Digital Desk: In the last 24 hours,
16,167 new instances of the novel coronavirus were reported in India. The Union
Health Ministry released figures on Monday, August 8, showing that the overall
recovery rate was approximately 98.50% and the total number of recoveries was
4,34,99,659.

According
to data from the health ministry today, there are now 1,35,510 active COVID-19
cases in India as a whole. There were 1,34,933 active cases registered
yesterday.

Active
cases: In just 24 hours, there has been an increase of 577 cases in the
COVID-19 backlog. According to the ministry, active cases make up 0.31 percent
of all infections.

 The
current death toll in the nation is 5,26,730. The first COVID pandemic-related
mortality in India was recorded in March 2020.

On August 8, a daily positive rate of
6.14 percent was noted.

Testing
by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR): As of August 7, 87,81,88,162
samples had undergone COVID-19 testing. On Sunday, 2,631,419 of these samples
were examined.

On
Sunday, Maharashtra reported 1,812 new cases of COVID-19, a little decline from
the previous day's total of 1,931 infections. With one fatality reported by the
state, the overall number of coronavirus infections has reached 80,59,732 and
the death toll has reached 1,48,139.