Covid Update: India Records Surge In Death Toll With 1,733 Fatalities, 1.61 Lakh Cases In Last 24 Hrs
2,81,109 people have recovered in the last 24 hours. The recovery rate is currently at 94.91%.
New Delhi: India continues to report less than 2 lakh Covid cases in the last 24 hours. The country registered 1,61,386 new cases on Tuesday taking the active caseload to 16,21,603.
India has registered a huge increase in death toll as 1,733 succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll to 4,97,975, as per Union Health Ministry.
2,81,109 people have recovered in the last 24 hours. The recovery rate is currently at 94.91%.
The active cases decreased by 1,21,456 to reach 16,21,603-- 4.20 per cent of the total infections.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 9.26 per cent, while the weekly positivity rate was 14.15 per cent, according to the health ministry.
Meanwhile, the cumulative number of anti-Covid vaccine doses administered in the country so far has crossed 167.29 crore.
India surpassed the one-crore mark in the number of cases on December 19, 2020. India crossed the grim milestone of two crore on May 4 and three crore on June 23 last year.
Maharashtra
Maharashtra on Tuesday recorded 14,372 new COVID-19 cases, down from 15,410 the previous day, but deaths linked to the infection rose sharply to 94 from 39 the day ago, according to a PTI report.
With this, the state's COVID-19 caseload reached 77,35,481, while the death toll increased to 1,42,705, the department said in a bulletin.
On Monday, the state had reported 15,410 cases on the back of 1,26,761 coronavirus tests and 39 fatalities.
No new case of the highly contagious Omicron variant of coronavirus was reported in the state and its tally remained unchanged at 3,221, the health department added.
Mumbai reported 803 cases and seven fatalities, while Pune city recorded 2,091 new patients and one fatality. Of the eight administrative circles (each consisting of multiple districts), Pune reported 4,710 cases, Nashik (2,960), Nagpur (2,230), Mumbai (1,961), Aurangabad (823), Kolhapur (628), Akola (571), and the Latur circle (489), the bulletin said.
The Mumbai circle recorded 31 fatalities, Pune (12), Nagpur (11), Nashik (eight), Kolhapur, Akola, and Latur (ten each), and the Aurangabad circle (two), the department said.
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