India reports 10,423 new COVID-19 cases in last 24 hrs

India reported 10,423 fresh COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Tuesday.

With the addition of new cases, the active caseload of the country now stands at 1,53,776, which is the lowest in 250 days.

The country's active cases account for less than one per cent of total cases reported so far, currently at 0.45 per cent, which is the lowest since March 2020.

With a total of 15,021 recoveries in the last 24 hours, a total of 3,36,83,581 people have recovered from the virus so far.

The weekly positivity rate is 1.16 per cent while the daily positivity rate stands at 1.03 per cent.

As per the ministry, over 61.02 crore samples have been tested for the presence of the virus so far.

( With inputs from ANI )

Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor