With 553 fresh fatalities, India recorded the lowest daily death toll in around 90 days while 34,703 new cases of coronavirus were reported, the lowest in 111 days, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday morning. The active cases further declined to 4,64,357, the lowest in 101 days, and comprise 1.52 per cent of the total infections. The national Covid-19 recovery rate has improved to 97.17 per cent, the data updated at 8 am showed.

More than 35.75 crore vaccine doses have been administered across India so far, the government said on Tuesday. On Day-171 of the vaccination drive (July 5), out of total 45,82,246 vaccine doses that were given, 27,88,440 beneficiaries were vaccinated for the first dose and 17,93,806 beneficiaries received the second dose of the vaccine.