India Continues To Report Below 20K Covid Cases, Clocks 18,132 Infections In Last 24 Hrs

India has registered 21,563 recoveries, and 193 deaths on Monday.

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Corona Cases Update: India continues to register less than 20,000 cases as the country enters the festive season. 18,132 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the country in the last 24 hours, as informed by the Union Health Ministery.

India has registered 21,563 recoveries, and 193 deaths on Monday.

Active cases: 2,27,347

Total recoveries: 3,32,93,478

Death toll: 4,50,782

Total vaccination: 95,19,84,37

Kerala

 Kerala on Sunday logged 10,691 fresh COVID-19 cases and 85 deaths, taking the infection count to 47,94,800 and fatalities to 26,258 till date.

With 12,655 more people recovering from the virus since Saturday, the total recoveries touched 46,56,866 and the active cases dropped to 1,11,083, an official press release said.

As many as 81,914 samples were tested in the last 24 hours, the release said.

Among the 14 districts, Ernakulam recorded the highest number of cases with 1,639 followed by Thrissur (1,378), Thiruvananthapuram (1,197) and Kozhikode (976).

The State has been showing a decline in the daily fresh cases after crossing the 30,000-mark post-Onam festival in August.

Maharashtra

 Maharashtra on Sunday reported 2,294 fresh coronavirus positive cases and 28 fatalities while 1,823 patients recovered, the state health department said.

The new additions pushed the tally of infections to 65,77,872, the death toll to 1,39,542 and the number of recoveries to 64,01,287, leaving Maharashtra with 33,449 active cases as of Sunday, it said.

With 1,40,847 new tests, the number of samples tested so far in Maharashtra went up to 6,01,98,174.

Maharashtra's case recovery rate stands at 97.32 per cent and the fatality rate is 2.12 per cent, the department said.

Mumbai city reported 445 new COVID-19 cases and six deaths, taking the tally of infections in the financial capital to 7,48,640 and the toll to 16,158.

Mumbai division added 860 new cases and nine deaths, which raised the caseload to 16,86,337 and overall fatalities to 35,353, the department said.

(with PTI inputs)