The daily positivity rate dropped to 6.21%, while the number of active cases was below 20 lakh for the third day in a row, according to health ministry data.
The reports had alleged that Union Government had promised 120 million vaccine doses for June, while administered only around 58 million doses out of 79 million available in May.
The daily cases reported were the lowest in 50 days, taking India's total tally to 2,80,47,534, while the death toll climbed to 3,29,100, the health ministry data showed.
Active Covid cases have further reduced to 24,19,907, which is 8.84% of the total infections, while the recovery rate has improved to 90.01%, the health ministry data showed.
The state health department has also constituted an expert committee to deal with the black fungus cases and formulated an advisory for the common people.
The country registered 1.96 lakh new Covid cases in the last 24 hours, the lowest in 41 days. The number of Covid deaths recorded was 3,511, the lowest in 21 days.
Addressing a press briefing, Niti Aayog member (health) VK Paul said though there was an overall decline in cases, the positivity rate was still over 10 per cent in 382 districts.
The issue of the Muslim quota has the potential to polarise SCs, STs, and OBCs along religious lines in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. It benefits the BJP.
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