The number of active cases in the country has reduced by half in two-and-a-half months. The number of active cases had surpassed the 50,000 mark in December 2020. It started decreasing the following month and came down to 25,635 (51.27pc) on Sunday.

This is the second time that active cases have been on the decline, as earlier the number of active cases had started dropping during the first wave of Covid-19 after crossing the 50,000 mark in June 2020. The number of active cases kept decreasing the following months and finally reached below 6,000 in September.

However, their number began growing again to have reached 11,190 on Oct 27 and 30,362 on Nov 18, following which the government officially announced the beginning of the second wave of the pandemic.

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