Updated On: 19 August, 2021 08:13 AM IST | New Delhi | Agencies
India logs 35,178 new infections and 440 fatalities in a span of 24 hours

Beneficiaries wait to receive COVID vaccine, at a centre in Nagaon district of Assam, on Wednesday. Pic/PTI
India added 35,178 new Coronavirus infections and 440 fatalities, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Wednesday morning.
The active cases continued to decline and was recorded at 3,67,415, the lowest in 148 days, the ministry said. A reduction of 2,431 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 1.96 per cent. It has been less than three per cent for the last 23 days.The weekly positivity rate was recorded at 1.95 per cent. It has been below three per cent for the last 54 days, according to the ministry.