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Government of India says COVID active cases reduced to 4 lakh  for the first time since July as per the records. The Union Ministry data shows the current active cases in the country are 390,459. The new active cases within 24 hours is over 32,000 and took the toll to 9.67 million.

The government source tweeted the update “India has reported a landmark achievement today. India’s total active Covid-19 caseload has fallen below four lakh mark today to 396,729. This number translates to just 4.1% of total cases. This is the lowest after 140 days. The total active cases were 390,459 on July 20”.

As per the government COVID record, India had witnessed several new recoveries than daily cases in the last 10 days. The rate of reduction is viewed as massive achievement with a drop from 5 lakh to 4 lakh.

Although there have been rise and fall in active cases in various states, it is considered that the second wave has not started yet. The active cases kept lowering since 12 weeks but the recent decline is the highest since months.

By Ramya C