India Clocks 18,987 Covid Cases In Last 24 Hrs, Active Caseload Lowest In 215 Days
The active cases account for less than 1% of total cases, currently at 0.61% which is the lowest since March 2020
Corona Cases Update: India has witnessed a slight surge in daily Covid cases as the country registered 18,987 new cases in the last 24 hours. The recovery rate is currently at 98.07% which is the highest since March 2020.
The country recorded 19,808 recoveries in the last 24 hours taking the total number of recoveries to 3,33,62,709
The active cases account for less than 1% of total cases, currently at 0.61% which is the lowest since March 2020
India's active caseload stands at 2,06,586 and is the lowest in 215 days
Weekly Positivity Rate (1.44%) less than 3% for last 111 days
Daily positivity rate (1.46%)less than 3% for last 45 days
Kerala
Kerala on Wednesday reported a surge in Covid cases as the state registered 11,079 fresh cases and 123 deaths in the last 24 hours. The daily spike in cases took the total caseload to 48,20,698 and fatalities to 26,571.
The state has been showing a decline in the daily fresh cases after crossing the 30,000-mark post-Onam festival in August.
With 9,972 more people recovering from the virus since Tuesday, the total recoveries touched 46,95,904 and the active cases dropped to 97,630, a state government release said
Among the 14 districts, Ernakulam recorded the highest number of cases with 1,794, followed by Kozhikode (1,155), Thiruvananthapuram (1,125), Thrissur (1,111) and Kottayam (925).
Maharashtra
The daily coronavirus infection count in Maharashtra continued to remain above 2,000 for the second consecutive day on Wednesday, which took its overall caseload to 65,83,896, the state health department said, reported PTI.
A total of 2,219 cases were added during the day.
With 3,139 patients getting discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours, the recovery count went up to 64,11,075.
There are 29,555 coronavirus patients who are under treatment at present.
Maharashtra's COVID-19 recovery rate stands at 97.38 per cent and fatality rate at 2.12 per cent, he added.
Mumbai city reported the highest 477 new infections and three deaths, taking the state capital's cumulative figures to 7,49,936 and 16,167, respectively, he said. Pune city reported 146 infections during the day, but no death.
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