In another achievement, India’s active caseload has fallen under the 4 per cent mark today.

After five months, the number of new cases in a single day has fallen below 27,000 while the active caseload of COVID-19 has fallen down below 4 per cent as recoveries continue to surpass the daily cases.

In the past 24 hours, around 26,567 new cases of COVID-19 infections were found, which is lowest after five months since July 10 when around 26,506 cases were reported in a single day, the latest data released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has said.

India reported the highest number of cases in September when over 90,000 cases came on a daily basis which fell down to around 75,000 in October while in November it further came down to around 45,000 on a daily basis.

Calling it a significant milestone in the fight against COVID-19, the ministry in its statement said, “With a high number of COVID patients recovering every day and the sustained fall in the mortality rate, India’s steady trend of registering dipping active cases continues.”

In the past 24 hours, India recorded a total of 39,045 recoveries which took the total number of recoveries to 91,78,946 and the recovery rate to 94.59 per cent. “It has led to a net decline of 12,863 cases from the total Active Caseload in the last 24 hours,” the ministry said in the statement.

The maximum number of recoveries were reported from Maharashtra with 7,345 recoveries in the past 24 hours followed by 4,705 of Kerala and 3,818 of Delhi in the past 24 hours.

Rajasthan, West Bengal and Haryana reported over 2,000 recoveries each while Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka and Gujarat reported close to 2,000 recoveries each in the past 24 hours.

In another achievement, India’s active caseload has fallen under the 4 per cent mark today.

“The active cases have drastically declined to 3.83 lakh. The total positive cases of the country are 3,83,866 and comprise (3.96%) of the total cases,” the ministry said in the statement.

India reported a total of 26,567 cases and 385 deaths in the past 24 hours. The maximum was reported from Kerala with 3,272 cases and 23 deaths followed by 3,075 cases and 40 deaths in the past 24 hours. West Bengal also reported 2214 cases and 48 deaths.

National Capital Delhi also reported a total of 1,674 cases and 63 deaths, the highest number of deaths in the country.

The total number of cases in the country have crossed the 97-lakh mark to reach 97,03,770 cases including 1,40,958 deaths.