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Given the fresh surge in infections some countries, RT-PCR tests have been made mandatory for flyers coming from China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand from 1 January NEW DELHI: India reported 170 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, the Union health ministry said in an update on Monday. The country’s active caseload has declined to 2,371, with total reported cases since the pandemic hit in 2020 stands at 4,46,80,094 and death toll at 530,721. Active cases comprise 0.01% of the total infections, and the recovery rate has risen to 98.80%, according to the health ministry.

As of now, Karnataka has 223 active cases, Kerala has 1,369 active cases, Maharashtra has 125, Odisha 91 cases, Rajasthan 68 active cases, Tamil Nadu has 65 active cases, Uttar Pradesh 26, and West Bengal has 56 active cases. The country conducted over 85,282 tests in the last 24 hours. Under the covid vaccination drive, more than 220.14 crore vaccine doses have been administered to people across the country so far.

In the last 24 hours, 10,336 vaccine doses were given. Meanwhile, INSACOG under the supervision of Department of Biotechnology (DBT) has kept up with genome sequencing to track any new variant. Hospitals are also being constantly monitored to keep a tab on lnfluenza-like illness (lLl) & SARI cases.

Given the fresh surge in infections some countries, RT-PCR tests have been made mandatory for flyers coming from China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand from 1 January. They will have to upload their reports on the Air Suvidha portal before travel. This is in addition to the 2% random testing of all international passengers on their arrival at an Indian airport.