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The daily Covid-19 cases fell to a two-month low of 1.14 lakh on Sunday, with active cases dropping below 15 lakh in a consistently receding second wave.
The official data shows a steady rise in national recovery rate at 93.67 per cent and the daily positivity rate falling to 5.62 per cent with the infection rate staying below 10 per cent for 13 days now. The toll climbed to 3,46,759 with 2,677 deaths in the past 24 hours, the lowest in nearly 42 days.
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TOTAL DEATHS 3,46,759
ACTIVE CASES 14,77,799
2,677 deaths in 24 hours
The Health Ministry said 1,14,460 new cases were the lowest in the past two months. The country has recorded less than 2 lakh daily cases for 10 consecutive days. After a net decline of 77,449 cases today, active cases stand at 5.13 per cent of the total. The cumulative number of vaccine doses administered in the country exceeded 23 crore today. The government is now planning to ramp up paediatric Covid facilities t
The labour force is moving to rural areas as there has been a lot of increase in COVID-19 cases in urban areas, and these labourers are willing to work in the agriculture sector for livelihood.
Since agriculture activity peaks in March and the second Covid wave hit rural India only in May, it will not have any impact on the agriculture sector, Niti Aayog Member Ramesh Chand said
Read more about Second Covid wave not to impact India s agri sector in any way: Niti Aayog on Business Standard. Niti Aayog Member Ramesh Chand said the second Covid-19 wave will not impact the Indian agri sector as rural areas saw spread of infections in May when agriculture activities remained minimum