New Delhi: With 50,848 fresh infections and 68,817 recoveries in the last 24 hours, India’s COVID-19 active caseload declined to 6,43,194, the lowest in 82 days, the Union Health Ministry informed on Wednesday.
The country is witnessing a continuous decline in fresh coronavirus cases for the past few weeks.
On April 22, the country achieved a grim milestone in its fight against the raging coronavirus as it reported over 3 lakh new cases in a 24-hour period for the first time since the pandemic began last year.
The country witnessed as many as 1,358 deaths due to COVID-19 in the last 24 hours.
With the new cases, the cumulative caseload has climbed to 3,00,28,709 including 6,43,194 active cases, 3,90,660 deaths and 2,89,94,855 recoveries.
The COVID-19 testing capacity has also substantially ramped up as 39.59 crore tests are conducted so far, out of which 19,01,056 tests were conducted yesterday.
According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), the…
