Covid 19: India's coronavirus cases rise to 3157, active cases stand at 19,500

COVID Update India: India reported 3,157 coronavirus cases on Monday, a decline from 3,324 infections registered yesterday, according to Union Health Ministry. While its active cases rose to 19,500, as per data updated on May 2, 2022.

The death toll climbed to 5,23,869 with 26 new fatalities, according to the data updated by government.

According to the ministry, 0.05 percent of the total infections are active, while the recovery rate for COVID-19 is 98.74 percent.

2,723 recoveries were increased in the last 24 hours with the total recoveries reached to 4,25,38,976.

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The daily positivity date is 1.07% whereas the weekly positivity rate is approx 0.70%, according to the data.

As many as 2,95,588 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours make the total tests conducted so far at 83.82 crore.

On May 1, 2022, 3,324 coronavirus infections were reported across the country, raising the case tally to 4,30,79,188. While the number of active cases increased to 19,092, according to data updated by the Union Health Ministry.