India Reports Over 39K Coronavirus Cases In Last 24 Hrs, Recovery Rate At 97%

The weekly positivity rate remains below 5%, currently at 2.38%. The daily positivity rate at 2.27%; less than 3% for last 13 days.

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Corona in India: India reports 39,070 new cases in the last 24 hours. The active caseload of the country is currently at 4,06,822. Active cases constitute 1.27% of the total cases.

The country registered 491 deaths on Saturday, as per the Union Health Ministry.

The weekly positivity rate remains below 5%, currently at 2.38%. The daily positivity rate at 2.27%; less than 3% for the last 13 days.

Kerala 

Kerala on Saturday reported 20,367 new Covid cases and 139 deaths, taking the active caseload in the state to 1,78,166, while the toll reached 17,654. In the last 24 hours, 1,52,521 samples were tested and the test positivity rate (TPR) was found to be 13.35 per cent.

Additionally, a COVID-19 vaccination drive will be held in Kerala from August 9 to 31 informed Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday. 

"In addition to the vaccines available to the state government, more vaccines need to be made available to the private sector. The state government will buy 20 lakh doses of vaccines and provide them to private hospitals at the same rate. The distribution will be based on the number of vaccines that can be given through each private hospital, commercial institutions and public organizations can arrange vaccination from the purchased vaccines for local people with the participation of hospitals. The local self-government Institutions can arrange facilities for this. The goal is to vaccinate as many as possible at the earliest," said Pinarayi Vijayan while interacting with reporters in a COVID-19 review meeting on Saturday.

Maharashtra 

Maharashtra on Saturday reported 6,061 new coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases and 128 related deaths, a marginal rise in infections from the previous day. The state has recorded 6,347,820 Covid-19 cases so far of which 133,845 patients have succumbed to the disease and 6,139,493 have recovered.

With 332 new infections and five deaths, Mumbai's overall caseload and fatalities stand at 737,192 and 15,942 respectively. Maharashtra recorded a rise in Covid-19 cases the day chief minister Uddhav Thackeray indicated to further ease restrictions that were imposed to contain the virus surge.