New Delhi: India on Wednesday recorded less than 20,000 new COVID-19 cases for the second consecutive day following which the country’s active count declined to the lowest in 194 days.
Earlier on Tuesday, the country had reported 18,795 COVID-19 cases and had seen less than 20,000 infections for the first time in 201 days. On the other hand, there were also 28,178 coronavirus-related recoveries and 378 deaths in the last 24 hours. With this, the total number of cases has increased to 3,37,16,451, of which, 3,29,86,180 have recovered, while, 4,47,751 have died.
Meanwhile, 54,13,332 COVID-19 vaccines doses were administered on Tuesday which took the cumulative vaccination coverage to 87,66,63,490.