India Reports 11,451 Covid Cases In Last 24 Hrs, Active Caseload Lowest In 262 Days

The country's recovery rate is currently at 98.24% - the highest since March 2020. The active cases now account for 0.42% of total cases that is the lowest since March 2020.

New Delhi: India has reported 11,451 new Coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry. The country has registered 13,204 recoveries and 266 deaths in last 24 hours. The active caseload now stands at 1,42,826 - the lowest in 262 days. The country's recovery rate is currently at 98.24% - highest since March 2020.

The active cases now account for 0.42% of total cases that is the lowest since March 2020.

Kerala

After crossing the 50-lakh mark in the total COVID-19 cases two days ago, Kerala recorded 7,124 fresh coronavirus infections and 201-related deaths which raised the caseload to 50,15,505 and the fatalities to 33,716.

With 7,488 more people recovering from the virus since Saturday, the total recoveries touched 49,08,857 and the active cases reached 72,310 on Sunday, according to PTI. 

Of the 201 deaths, 21 were reported over the last few days, 153 were those which were not confirmed until June 18 last year due to lack of adequate documentation and 27 were designated as COVID deaths after receiving appeals based on the new guidelines of the Centre and Supreme Court directions, the release said.

Among the 14 districts, Ernakulam recorded the highest with 1,061 cases followed by Thiruvananthapuram (1,052) and Thrissur (726).

Maharashtra

Maharashtra on Sunday reported 892 new coronavirus positive cases, which raised the state's infection tally to 66,17,654, while the death of 16 patients took the toll to 1,40,388, according to the state health ministry.

A total of 1,063 patients recuperated and were discharged from hospitals during the day, taking the overall recovery count to 64,59,108. With this, there are 14,526 active cases in the state at present.

Mumbai city reported 252 new cases and three deaths, which pushed its tally to 7,58,467 and toll to 16,276.

Mumbai division, which comprises the metropolis and its satellite towns, reported 435 cases and four deaths on Sunday. The division's caseload now stands at 17,03,941 and fatality count at 35,608.

Maharashtra's COVID-19 figures are as follows: Positive cases 66,17,654, death toll 1,40,388, recoveries 64,59,108, active 14,526, total test count 6,32,40,769

(With PTI inputs)