Thiruvananthapuram: The Southern state of Kerala on Tuesday witnessed its Covid situation better than what it was in the past many weeks.  The daily Covid test positivity rate falling below the 15 per cent mark, according to the Health Ministry data.

A statement issued here by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said 15,768 people turned positive after 1,05,513 samples were tested in the past 24 hours. He said, in the past few days, the state is witnessing every more recoveries than new cases and on Tuesday, 21,367 people turned negative, leaving 1,61,195 active cases, of which 13.7 per cent were in hospitals. There were 214 more Covid deaths taking the total death toll to 23,897. The vaccination strategy in the state saw 2.4 crore people in the above 18 age category getting their first dose while those who received both the doses crossed the one crore mark.

Meanwhile, India has reported 26,964 new COVID cases in the last 24 hours. As many as 34,167 people have recovered from infection while 383 died. According to the data shared by the Ministry of Health, 3,01,989 cases are active in the country, the lowest in 186 days. A total of 3,27,83,741 recoveries have been reported since the Covid-19 pandemic struck. More than 4.45 lakh people have succumbed to infection. 

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