COVID Cases In India: Fresh Infections Go Above 3,500-Mark In 24 Hours, Check Recoveries & Fatalities

189.81 crore vaccine doses have been administered so far under the Nationwide Vaccination Drive.

New Delhi: India on Friday reported 3,545 new coronavirus infections, 3,549 recoveries, and 27 deaths in 24 hours. According to the Union health ministry data, India's infection tally rose to 4,30,94,938, while the active cases have risen to 19,688. On Thursday, India reported 3,275 new COVID infections 2,496 recoveries, and 55 deaths. Currently, the active cases of Coronavirus in the country constitute 0.05 per cent of the total infections while the COVID-19 recovery rate stands at 98.74 per cent.

The ministry data updated at 8 am showed that the total recoveries were at 4,25,51,248, while the death toll climbed to 5,24,002.

The country's daily COVID positivity rate was reported to be at 0.76 per cent and the weekly positivity rate at 0.79 per cent.

189.81 crore vaccine doses have been administered so far under the Nationwide Vaccination Drive.

COVID Cases In Delhi, Maharashtra

Delhi on Thursday recorded 1,365 Covid-19 cases and zero death with a positivity rate of 6.35%, the city health department informed. 

With the addition of these cases, the national capital's overall Covid-19 tally has risen to 18,89,769, with a death toll of 26,177, the information showed. Delhi had announced 1,354 cases with a positivity rate of 7.64 percent and one casualty because of the infection on Wednesday. 

On Tuesday, Delhi logged 1,414 cases with a positivity rate of 5.97 percent and one death. The city had Monday detailed 1,076 cases with a positivity rate of 6.42 percent. 

There are 5,746 active cases in the national capital, down from 5,853 the earlier day. The quantity of containment zones has ascended to 1,473 from 1,343 on Wednesday, the information shared in a bulletin showed.

The hospitalisation rate has so far been low, representing under three percent of the absolute number of active cases.

At present, 192 Covid-19 patients are conceded in Delhi hospitals, while 4,189 are recovering in home-isolation, the release said.

Of the 9,593 beds for patients in different hospitals, just 208 (2.17 percent) are occupied, it stated.

Eminent epidemiologist Dr Chandrakant Lahariya had said the test positivity rate is stagnant, and it implies the contamination is spreading at the same rate and that there is no wave.

There is an unpretentious change in the hospitalisation rate which additionally demonstrates that there is no wave, Lahariya had said.

On the other hand, Maharashtra on Thursday recorded 233 new coronavirus infections and zero pandemic-related deaths, the state health department informed.

Of 233 new cases, Mumbai alone accounted for 130. Maharashtra now has 1,109 active coronavirus patients.

The state's COVID-19 case tally rose to 78,78,596, while death toll remained unchanged at 1,47,845.

The state had recorded 188 coronavirus cases and zero fatality on Wednesday.

(With Agency Inputs)