With the onset of the festive season, COVID numbers rise by 14%; 11,903 new cases were registered in India.
With 311 deaths due to the infection in the last 24 hours, India recorded 11,903 new cases of the novel coronavirus. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Wednesday, a total of 14,159 discharges took place in the country in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery rate to around 98.21 per cent which is the highest since March 2020 and the total recovery data has reached 3. ,36,97,740.
With the start of the festive season today, the number of COVID-19 cases has increased by about 14 percent. Data from the ministry shows that the total active cases of COVID-19 in India has risen to 1,51,209.
The total death toll in the country now stands at 4,59,191. In India, the first death due to the COVID pandemic was reported in March 2020.
The daily positivity rate is 1.11 per cent and has remained below 2 per cent for the last 30 days. The weekly positivity rate is 1.18 percent, which has remained less than 2 percent for the last 40 days.
According to the ministry, 61.12 crore COVID-19 tests have been conducted so far. In the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination drive, 107.29 crore vaccine doses have been administered.
Meanwhile, Kerala recorded 6,444 fresh COVID-19 cases and 187 related deaths, taking the caseload to 49,80,398 and the death toll to 32,236, the state government said on Tuesday. With 8,424 more people recovering from the virus since Monday, the total recoveries rose to 48,72,930 and active cases reached 74,618, an official press release said.
Of the 187 deaths, 45 were recorded in the last few days, 87 were such that were not confirmed till June 18 last year due to lack of sufficient documentation and 55 were reported to be COVID-19 cases after receiving an appeal based on the Centre’s new guidelines. was designated as death. and directions of the Supreme Court, the release said. 64,999 samples were tested in the last 24 hours.
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