For the first time in nearly three months, fewer than 50,000 new cases of Covid-19 were detected, while daily testing also rose to more than 10.32 lakh of samples on Monday compared to less than 10 lakh of samples analyzed during the three days before.
Driven by the drop in new cases and the increasing number of recoveries among patients, active cases also declined further to less than 7.5 lakh, representing less than 10% of the total Covid-19 burden so far.
On Monday, 46,790 people tested positive for the disease. This is the lowest number of daily Covid-19 cases reported since July 26. The new cases were 47,703 on July 27, after which it remained above 50,000 for 84 days.
While samples of more than Rs 9.6 million have been tested in the country so far, the total number of confirmed cases in India now stands at 75.97,063. Cumulative positivity is now 7.9%, while the weekly average is 5.9%. On Monday, the positivity rate stood at 4.5%, the lowest since June.
The improved numbers have raised hopes that the infection rate may be declining.
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