According to the data shared by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Tuesday, India logged 12,428 fresh COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, which is marked as the lowest in 238 days.  India’s active caseload stands at 1,63,816, which is the lowest in 241 days. Moreover, the active cases account for less than 1 per cent of total cases and are currently at 0.48 per cent, which is also the lowest since March 2020.

With 15,951 recoveries in the last 24 hours, India's recovery rate stands at 98.19 per cent, which is the highest since the onset of the pandemic. Further, the weekly positivity rate is at 1.24 per cent while the daily positivity rate remained at 1.10 per cent. The country has so far conducted over 60.19 crore COVID tests. Under the Nationwide Vaccination Drive, more than 102.94 crore vaccine doses have been administered in the country. 

Meanwhile,  at the day ended Monday, Kerala witnessed 6,664 people turn Covid positive from 61,202 samples tested and the test positivity rate was 10.88 per cent, said a statement from Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. The statement also mentions that 9,010 people turned negative, while the total number of active cases was 74,735, of which 10 per cent were in various hospitals. Monday saw 53 Covid deaths, taking the total death toll to 28,873.

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