India logged 3,375 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of Covid-19 cases to 4,45,94,487, while the active cases declined to 37,444, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The active cases comprise 0.08 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate increased to 98.73 per cent, the ministry said. A decline of 849 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. According to the ministry, 218.75 crore doses of Covid vaccine have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide vaccination drive. The country crossed the grim milestone of two crore on May 4 and three crore on June 23 last year.

Source: The Telegraph October 02, 2022 10:43 UTC