India Reports 14,623 New Covid-19 Cases, Kerala Contributes Half The Caseload

India reports 14,623 new infections and 197 deaths reported in India in the last 24 hours, Kerala reported 7,643 new cases and 77 deaths.

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Corona Cases Update: India continues to report less than 15000 Coronavirus cases as the country registered 14,623 new COVID-19 cases, 19,446 recoveries and  197 deaths in the last 24 hrs as per Union Health Ministry.

Of the 14,623 new infections and 197 deaths reported in India in the last 24 hours, Kerala reported 7,643 new cases and 77 deaths.

Total cases: 3,41,08,996
Active cases: 1,78,098
Total recoveries: 3,34,78,247
Death toll: 4,52,651 

Total Vaccination: 99,12,82,283 (41,36,142 in last 24 hrs)

Kerala

Kerala on Tuesday logged 7,643 new COVID cases and 77 deaths, taking the caseload to 48,59,434 and fatalities to 27,002, as per a PTI report. The state has been showing a decline in the daily cases after crossing the 30,000-mark post-Onam festival in August.

With 10,488 more people recovering from the virus since Monday, the total recoveries touched 47,60,781 and the active cases dropped to 80,262, a state government release said.

As many as 82,408 samples were tested in the last 24 hours.

Maharashtra

Maharashtra on Tuesday reported 1,638 new coronavirus positive cases and 49 fatalities, taking the tally of infections to 65,94,820 and the toll to 1,39,865, while 2,791 patients recovered, according to the state health ministry. The total number of recoveries in Maharashtra has risen to 64,24,547, leaving the state with 26,805 active cases, the official said.

Maharashtra's COVID-19 recovery rate now stands at 97.42 per cent while the fatality rate is 2.12 per cent. With 1,32,467 new tests, the number of samples examined so far in Maharashtra went up to 6,12,48,820, the official said.

Four districts and six municipal corporations in the state did not report any fresh COVID-19 cases, he said. Mumbai reported 314 new COVID-19 cases and four deaths and Pune city 123 infections and one fatality.

Among the eight regions of Maharashtra, the Mumbai region reported the highest 615 new COVID-19 cases, followed by 497 cases in the Pune region, the official said.