India Records 10,197 Coronavirus Cases In Last 24 Hrs, Active Caseload Lowest In 527 Days

The country's active caseload now stands at 1,28,555, which is the lowest in 527 days. The daily positivity rate (0.82%) is less than 2% for the last 44 days.

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New Delhi: After reporting less than 10,000 Coronavirus cases on Tuesday, India has registered a slight surge in infections. The country has clocked 10,197 new cases in the last 24 hours. A total of  12,134 patients recovered from the virus while 301 people lost their lives in the last 24 hrs.

The country's active caseload now stands at 1,28,555, which is the lowest in 527 days. The daily positivity rate (0.82%) is less than 2% for the last 44 days. The weekly Positivity Rate (0.96%) is less than 2% for the last 54 days.

Kerala

Kerala recorded 5,516 fresh coronavirus infections and 210 deaths on Tuesday thereby raising the caseload to 50,71,135 and the toll of fatalities to 36,087.

With 6,705 more people recovering from the virus since Monday, the total recoveries touched 49,71,080 and the active cases dropped to 63,338, an official press release said.

Of the 210 deaths, 39 were reported over the last few days and 171 were designated as COVID-19 deaths after receiving appeals based on the new guidelines of the Centre and the Supreme Court directions, it said.

As many as 70,576 samples were tested in the last 24 hours.

Among the 14 districts, Thiruvananthapuram recorded the highest with 798 cases followed by Thrissur (732) and Kottayam (624).