NEW DELHI, June 15 (NNN-PTI) — India saw a single day rise of 60,471 new coronavirus infections, the lowest after 75 days, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 29,570,881, while the daily positivity rate declined to 3.45 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday.
The COVID-19 death toll climbed to 377,031 with 2,726 fresh deaths, the data updated at 8 am showed
The active cases further declined to 913,378 comprising 3.09 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has improved to 95.64 per cent. A net decline of 59,780 cases has been recorded in the COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
Also, 1,751,358 tests were conducted on Monday taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of COVID-19 in the country to 381,375,984.
The daily positivity rate dropped to 3.45 per cent. It has been less than 5 per cent for 8 consecutive days, the ministry said, adding the weekly positivity rate has declined to 4.39 per cent. — NNN-PTI
