There has been a substantial improvement in the Covid-19 situation in the country in the last 24 hours, with the number of fresh cases reported falling to less than 56,000, and recoveries crossing the 66,000-mark from Covid-19.
According to the data released by the Health Ministry, there are only 7.72 lakh active Covid-19 cases in the country as of now, even though the total confirmed cases cross 75 lakh. As on date, 66.64 lakh people recovered from Covid-19 while 1,14,610, including 579 in last 24 hours, died from the infection since the first case reported in the country on January 30.
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According the Indian Council of Medical Research, 8.6 lakh Covid-19 tests were conducted during the same period. As per the current status, doubling time of the Covid-19 infection was gone up to over 95 days, or more than three months, now.
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