India has logged 36 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, Union Health Ministry data said on Tuesday. The active caseload currently stands at 1,474. The number of Covid cases in the country has been steadily decreasing for the past few months.
Since the start of the Covid pandemic in early 2020, the total number of Covid cases has increased to over 4.50 crore. The epidemic has claimed nearly 5,31,917 lives in the last three and a half years.
Hospital wards are increasingly being deprived of COVID-19 patients, which is a welcome development for the medical community. Still, doctors warn that older people and those with comorbid conditions are susceptible to infection. They strongly advise these vulnerable groups to take booster shots if they haven’t already done so and maintain COVID-appropriate behavior.
In addition, scientists claim that many in India have developed hybrid immunity due to both vaccines and natural infections. As a result, current forms of the virus, due to their mild nature, are unlikely to cause significant hospitalizations or serious illness.
So far, about 4.44 crore people have recovered from the infection and 59 people have recovered in the last 24 hours. The current recovery rate is touching 98.81%.
Around 33,520 tests were conducted in a day and the total number of tests stood at 92.93 crore. Under the Covid Vaccination Drive, more than 220.67 crore vaccine doses have been administered to people across the country so far. In the last 24 hours, around 393 vaccine doses have been administered.