With 12,428 new infections, India registered the lowest daily rise in COVID-19 cases in around eight months, suggest latest data.

States across the country have been reporting a decline in daily cases. Maharashtra registered 889 new infections on Monday, which represents the lowest daily rise since March last year. Kerala, on the other hand, reported 6,664 new cases. The active caseload has come down to 1,63,816, which is the lowest in 241 days. The weekly positivity rate was reported as 1.24%, and has been below 2% for the last 32 days. The daily positivity rate was 1.1%, and has been less than 2% for 22 straight days. The national COVID-19 recovery rate stood at 98.19%, the highest since March 2020… (NDTV, October 26, 2021)