India records 1,968 new covid cases, 15 more deaths

New Delhi, October 4

India logged 1,968 new coronavirus infections, the lowest in 133 days, raising the tally to 4,45,99,466, while the active cases declined to 34,598, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday.

The death toll climbed to 5,28,716 with 15 fatalities, which included eight deaths reconciled by Kerala, the data updated by the ministry at 8am stated.

A total of 1,675 cases were recorded in a span of 24 hours on May 23.

The active cases comprised 0.08 per cent of the total infections, while the national recovery rate increased to 98.74 per cent, the health ministry said.

A decline of 1,528 cases was recorded in the active covid case count in a span of 24 hours, it said.

The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.94 per cent, while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 1.29 per cent, the ministry said.

Among the seven fatalities reported in the past 24 hours two were from Odisha and one each from Chattisgarh, Delhi, Haryana, Karnataka and West Bengal.