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New Delhi: With 11,919 fresh cases, India’s COVID-19 tally has gone up to 3,44,78,517, while the number of active cases has gone up to 1,28,762, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday.
The death toll due to the viral disease has risen to 4,64,623, with 470 more deaths, according to the ministry’s data updated at 8 am.
The daily increase in the number of corona virus cases has been below 20,000 for 41 consecutive days and less than 50,000 fresh cases have been reported for 144 consecutive days.
The number of active cases of infection has risen to 1,28,762, which is 0.37 per cent of the total caseload, the lowest since March 2020, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.28 per cent, the highest since then. Is. March 2020, the ministry said.
It added that the active COVID-19 caseload registered an increase of 207 cases in the 24-hour period.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.97 per cent. It is less than two per cent for 45 consecutive days.
The weekly positivity rate was recorded at 0.94 per cent. According to the Health Ministry, it has been below two percent for the last 55 days.
The number of people who have been cured of the disease has gone up to 3,38,85,132, while the case fatality rate has been recorded at 1.35 per cent.
The total number of vaccines administered in the country under the nationwide COVID vaccination campaign has crossed 114.46 crores.
India’s COVID-19 tally had crossed 20 lakh on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16. It had crossed 60 lakh on 28 September, 70 lakh on 11 October. , 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and one crore on December 19 last year.
The country crossed the grim milestone of 20 million COVID cases on 4th May this year and 3 crores on 23rd June.
Of the 470 fresh people who died due to Kovid, 388 people from Kerala and 32 people from Maharashtra.
According to a release issued by the state, out of 388 deaths in Kerala, 61 were designated as COVID-19 deaths in the past few days and the remaining 327 after receiving appeals based on fresh guidelines from the Center and the Supreme Court. Government.
A total of 4,64,623 deaths have been reported due to the viral disease in the country so far, including 1,40,668 from Maharashtra, 38,161 from Karnataka, 36,475 from Kerala, 36,324 from Tamil Nadu, 25,095 from Delhi, 22,909 from Uttar Pradesh and 19,341 from West Bengal.
The health ministry insisted that over 70 per cent of the deaths were due to comorbidities.
“Our data is being collated with the Indian Council of Medical Research,” the ministry said on its website. He said that the state-wise distribution of data is subject to further verification and reconciliation.
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