New Delhi: According to data updated on Tuesday by the Union Health Ministry, India recorded 10,126 new coronavirus infections, the lowest in 266 days, while active cases fell to 1,40,638, the lowest in 263 days. With the new cases, the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country has risen to 3,43,77,113. According to data updated at 8 a.m., the death toll has risen to 4,61,389, with 332 new fatalities.

For the past 32 days, the daily increase in new coronavirus infections has been below 20,000, and less than 50,000 daily new cases have been reported for the past 135 days. The active cases account for 0.41 percent of total infections, the lowest since March 2020, according to the ministry, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was 98.25 percent, the highest since March 2020.

Over the course of 24 hours, the active COVID-19 caseload has decreased by 2,188 cases. The daily positivity rate was 0.93 percent on average. For the past 36 days, it has been less than 2 percent. A 1.25 percent positivity rate was also recorded. According to the ministry, it has been below 2 percent for the past 46 days. The number of people who have recovered from the disease has risen to 3,37,75,086, with a 1.34 percent case fatality rate.

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