India Records 26,041 Coronavirus Cases In Last 24 Hrs, Active Cases Lowest In 191 Days
India's active caseload stands at 2,99,620; lowest in 191 days
Corona Cases Update: India continues to register less than 30,000 cases for the third straight day. The country has reported 26,041 new Covid cases, 29,621 recoveries, and 276 deaths in the last 24 hours as per Union Health Ministry.
The country recovery rate stands at 97.78%. With the decrease in the daily surge in Covid cases, India's active caseload stands at 2,99,620; the lowest in 191 days.
Total cases 3,36,78,786
Total recoveries 3,29,31,972
Death toll 4,47,194
Active cases 2,99,620
Total vaccination: 86,01,59,011 (38,18,362 in last 24 hrs)
Kerala
Kerala on Sunday registered 15,951 fresh COVID-19 cases and 165 deaths, which took the caseload to 46,29,915 and toll to 24,603.
The number of people who recovered from the infection since Saturday was 17,658 which brought the total recoveries to 44,41,430 and the number of active cases to 1,63,280, an official press release said.
As many as 1,03,484 samples were tested in the last 24 hours, the release said.
Among the 14 districts, Ernakulam recorded the highest number of cases in 2,572, followed by Thiruvananthapuram 1,861, Thrissur 1,855, Kottayam 1,486, Kozhikode 1,379, Malappuram 1,211, Palakkad 1,008, Alappuzha 985 and Kollam 954.
Of the new cases, 73 were health workers, 70 from outside the state and 15,191 infected through contact, with the source of it not clear in 617.
Maharashtra
Maharashtra on Sunday reported 3,206 new coronavirus positive cases and 36 fatalities while 3,292 patients recovered, the health department said.
The new additions pushed the tally of infections in Maharashtra to 65,44,325 and the death toll to 1,38,870. The total number of recoveries in Maharashtra stands at 63,64,027 which leaves the state with 37,860 active cases, as per the official statement.
Maharashtra's case recovery rate now stands at 97.24 per cent and the fatality rate is 2.12 per cent.
With 1,65,990 new tests, the number of samples examined for coronavirus so far in Maharashtra rose to 5,81,58,000.
Mumbai city reported 477 new cases and five deaths, taking the tally of infections to 7,41,237 and the death toll to 16,084, the statement said.
Mumbai division recorded 990 cases and seven fatalities which raised the number of cases to 16,73,025 and the toll to 35,232, it said.
(With PTI inputs)
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