Coronavirus Cases Today: India Reports 67,208 New Infections Along With 2,330 Fatalities

Maharashtra's Covid-19 deaths remained in the high even as new infections also spurted to breach the 10,000 level, though the number of patients cured also increased, health officials said on Wednesday.

New Delhi: India has reported 67,208 new Covid-19 cases, 1,03,570 recoveries, and 2,330 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per the latest data by the Union Health Ministry.

The active cases declined to 8,26,740 comprising 2.78 percent of the total infections, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate has improved to 95.93 percent.

A net decline of 38,692 cases has been recorded in the Covid-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.

Total cases: 2,97,00,313
Total discharges: 2,84,91,670   
Death toll: 3,81,903     
Active cases: 8,26,740 (lowest after 71 days)
Total vaccination: 26,55,19,251

As many as 19,31,249 tests were conducted on Wednesday taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of Covid-19 in the country to 38,52,38,220.

The daily positivity rate was recorded at 3.48 percent. It has been less than 5 percent for 10 consecutive days, the ministry said, adding the weekly positivity rate has declined to 3.99 percent.

Recoveries continue to outnumber daily new cases for the 35th consecutive day. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 2,84,91,670, while the case fatality rate has increased to 1.29 percent, the data stated.

Cumulatively, 26,55,19,251 Covid-19 vaccine doses have been administered so far under the Nationwide Vaccination Drive.

Maharashtra's Covid-19 deaths remained in the high even as new infections also spurted to breach the 10,000 level, though the number of patients cured also increased, health officials said on Wednesday.

Against 1,458 deaths declared on Monday, the state now revealed a lower figure of 1,236 fatalities (237 new, and 999 earlier deaths), taking the toll to 115,390.

The number of fresh cases increased from 9,350 on Tuesday to 10,107, taking the tally to 59,34,880.

In Mumbai, for the 20th consecutive day, the new infections remained below the 1,000 level, but shot up from 572 a day earlier to 821, sending the city tally to 717,172. Deaths dropped from 14 a day earlier to 11, to take total fatalities to 15,227.

 The national capital on Wednesday reported 212 new Covid-19 cases while its daily test positivity rate stood at 0.27 percent, according to the health bulletin issued by the Delhi government.

A total of 25 persons succumbed to Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, taking the national capital's overall death toll to 24,876.

Continuing the trend, daily recoveries again outnumbered the tally of new cases by a fair margin, as 516 people recovered from the disease on Wednesday, taking the national capital's total number of recoveries to 14, 04,085.

Delhi presently has 2,749 active cases, of which 781 are under home isolation.

A total of 77,891 Covid samples were tested in the last 24 hours, including 55,417 through RT-PCR and 28,585 through Rapid Antigen tests.

A day before easing of lockdown norms, Kerala on Wednesday saw its Covid test positivity rate (TPR) dip to 11.79 percent as 13,270 people turned positive from 1,12,521 samples sent for testing in the past 24 hours, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said.

In a statement, Vijayan also said there were 1,09,794 active cases, while 15,689 people turned negative, taking the total cured to 26,39,593.

Starting from midnight after 39 days of lockdown, there is going to be a graded relaxation of norms in the lockdown.

In 147 local bodies where the TPR is below 8 percent, all shops will be allowed to open and private establishments like offices can function too, but with 50 percent staff.

In 916 local bodies where the TPR is between 8 to 20 percent, shops selling essential items can open on all days, but private offices and other shops can function only on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

In 146 local bodies where the TPR is between 20 and 30 percent, only essential shops can open, while other shops can open only on Friday.

In 25 local bodies where the TPR is above 30 percent, there would be a triple lockdown, with only essential shops can open.

Malls, cinema halls, public indoor activities, and eating inside restaurants are all banned till further notice anywhere in the state.

(With Agency Inputs)