New Delhi, Jan 5 (UNI) India's active COVID-19 caseload stood at 2,31,036 on Tuesday, the Union Health Ministry update said.
This constitutes a paltry 2.23 per cent of total positive cases so far.
This is made possible by daily recoveries outnumbering daily new cases for 39 days in a streak.
Against 29,091 people who recovered in the just concluded 24-hour window, India could report only 16,375 new cases maintaining a steady level of testing (8,96,236 samples were tested in the last 24 hours).
A net decline of 12,917 cases has been recorded in the total active cases in last 24 hours.
India's cumulative recoveries have inched closer to the 1 crore mark.
The total recovered cases have crossed 99.75 lakhs (99,75,958) on Tuesday. This also increases the recovery rate to 96.32 per cent.
A total of 29,091 cases have recovered in the last 24 hours.
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