India reports 9,436 new COVID-19 cases; Active caseload stands at 86,591

India

oi-Madhuri Adnal

New
Delhi,
Aug
28:
With
9,436
new
COVID-19
cases
being
reported
in
a
day,
India’s
tally
of
infections
rose
to
4,44,08,132,
while
the
count
of
active
cases
has
declined
to
86,591,
according
to
Union
Health
Ministry
data
updated
on
Sunday.

The
death
toll
due
to
the
disease
has
climbed
to
5,27,754
with
30
new
fatalities
being
recorded.
In
addition,
27
deaths
have
been
reconciled
by
Kerala
and
100
deaths
by
Goa,
the
data
updated
at
8
am
showed.

The
count
of
active
cases
now
comprises
0.19
per
cent
of
the
total
infections,
while
the
national
COVID-19
recovery
rate
was
recorded
at
98.62
per
cent,
the
ministry
said.

A
decline
of
720
cases
has
been
recorded
in
the
active
COVID-19
caseload
in
a
span
of
24
hours,
the
data
showed.

India’s
COVID-19
cases
stay
under
10K

The
daily
positivity
rate
was
recorded
at
2.93
per
cent
and
the
weekly
positivity
rate
at
2.70
per
cent,
according
to
the
ministry.

The
number
of
people
who
have
recuperated
from
the
disease
has
surged
to
4,37,93,787,
while
the
case
fatality
rate
stood
at
1.19
per
cent,
as
per
the
data.

According
to
the
ministry,
211.66
crore
doses
of
Covid
vaccines
have
been
administered
in
the
country
so
far
under
the
nationwide
vaccination
drive.

India’s
COVID-19
infection
tally
had
crossed
the
20-lakh
mark
on
August
7,
2020,
30
lakh
on
August
23,
40
lakh
on
September
5,
50
lakh
on
September
16,
60
lakh
on
September
28,
70
lakh
on
October
11,
80
lakh
on
October
29,
90
lakh
on
November
20
and
the
one-crore
mark
on
December
19,
2020.

The
country
crossed
the
grim
milestones
of
two
crore
cases
on
May
4,
2021,
three
crore
on
June
23,
2021
and
four
crore
on
January
25
this
year.

Thirty
fresh
fatalities
due
to
the
disease
were
reported
in
the
country
six
from
Maharashtra,
five
from
Delhi,
four
from
Chhattisgarh,
three
from
West
Bengal,
two
each
from
Gujarat,
Himachal
Pradesh
and
Karnataka,
and
one
each
from
Goa,
Kerala,
Odisha,
Punjab,
Rajasthan
and
Sikkim.