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India reported 45,951 new coronavirus cases and 817 deaths in the last 24 hours, the lowest deaths due to COVID since April 10, data from the health ministry showed.
It is for the third time in over two and half months that the COVID-19 toll has come below the 1,000-mark and the 12th consecutive day in the last two months when the toll has been below the 2,000-mark, according to data released by the Health Ministry on Wednesday.
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On April 10, India recorded 839 fatalities due to the coronavirus.
The total coronavirus caseload in India rose to 30,362,848.
India is the second country after the US to record more than 30,000,000 cases, adding 10,000,000 cases in the last 50 days.
According to Health Ministry the active cases have now come down below 600,000.
It is also the 23rd consecutive day when India reported less than 100,000 new coronavirus cases. On June 29, India recorded 37,566 cases, lowest since March 18 while on June 22 India reported 42,640 cases.
The active cases have now come down below 600,000. The country has 537,064 active cases presently and has witnessed 398,454 deaths so far.
A total of 60,729 people have been discharged in the last 24 hours, taking the total discharge to 29,427,330 till date, according to the Union Health Ministry.
The Health Ministry said that a total of 332,854,527 people have been vaccinated so far in the country, including 3,641,983 who were administered vaccines in the last 24 hours.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research, 410,100,044 samples have been tested up to June 29 for COVID-19. Of these 1,960,757 samples were tested on Tuesday.