India Clocks 9,283 Coronavirus Cases In Last 24 Hrs, Active Caseload Lowest In 537 Days

The recovery rate of the country is currently at 98.33% which is the highest since March 2020.

Covid testing in Mumbai (Image: PTI)

New Delhi: India has reported a slight surge in Covid cases as the country registered 9,283 new cases in the last 24 hours. India's active now caseload stands at 1,11,481 which is the lowest in 537 days.

India has recorded 437 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per the Health Ministry.

The recovery rate of the country is currently at 98.33% which is the highest since March 2020.

India has registered 10,949 recoveries in the last 24 hours taking the total recoveries to 3,39,57,698.

Kerala

A day after registering a decline in Covid surge, Kerala on Tuesday recorded a rise in the number of COVID-19 cases. The state clocked 4,972 infections and 370 deaths, raising the caseload to 50,97,845 and the toll to 38,045.

The state had on Monday seen a dip in cases at 3,698 after consistently maintaining a high level of infections over the past few months.

With 5,978 more people recovering from the virus since Monday, the total recoveries reached 50,18,279 and the active cases dropped to 52,710, according to a PTI report.

Among the 14 districts, Thiruvananthapuram recorded the highest with 917 cases, followed by Thirssur (619) and Kozhikode (527).

Of the 370 deaths, 57 were reported over the last few days and 313 were designated as COVID-19 deaths after receiving appeals based on the new guidelines of the Centre and the directions of the Supreme Court, the release said.

As many as 60,265 samples were tested in the last 24 hours, it said.

Maharashtra

Maharashtra has registered 766 new Coronavirus cases and 19 deaths in the last 24 hours even as the active cases in the state remained below 10,000 for the third consecutive day.

With the surge in cases on Tuesday, the statewide caseload amounted to 66,31,297 and the toll to 1,40,766, according to the state health department.

The state had reported eight fresh fatalities and 656 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, the lowest one-day figures since April 2020.

The health department said 929 patients were discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours.

With this, the number of recovered cases rose to 64,77,379.

The COVID-19 recovery rate in the state stands at 97.68 per cent, while the case fatality rate is 2.12 per cent. There are now 9,493 active cases in the state, the bulletin said.