India Witnesses Surge In Covid Cases, Logs 3,720 New Infections, Active Caseload Stands At 40,177

India on Wednesday recorded 3,720 new cases of COVID-19. The count of active cases stands at 40,177, death toll is 5,31,584.

India on Wednesday recorded 3,720 new cases of COVID-19. The count of active cases stands at 40,177, death toll is 5,31,584, according to Union health ministry data. ( Image Source :Getty )

India on Wednesday recorded 3,720 new cases of COVID-19. The count of active cases stands at 40,177, death toll is 5,31,584, according to Union health ministry data. The death toll due to the viral disease has increased to 5,31,584 with 20 more fatalities, including five reconciled by Kerala, being recorded, the data updated at 8 am showed. The tally of Covid cases in the country now stands at 4.49 crore (4,49,56,716), according to the data.

Active cases now comprise 0.09 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has been recorded at 98.73 per cent, according to the ministry. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease has surged to 4,43,84,955 while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.18 per cent.

According to the ministry's website, 220.66 crore doses of vaccines have so far been administered in the country under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive.

Delhi reported 289 fresh coronavirus cases with a positivity rate of 9.74 per cent and a fatality due to the infection on Tuesday, according to data shared by the city government's health department. The primary cause of the single fatality was not Covid and its finding was incidental, the latest bulletin issued by the city health department said.

With the fresh cases and fatalities, the national capital's case count climbed to 20,39,270 and the death toll rose to 26,633, it bulletin said. The fresh cases emerged from 2,968 tests conducted the previous day, it said. India on Tuesday reported 3,325 new cases and 6,379 recoveries in the last 24 hours. The active caseload stands at 44,175, as reported by the news agency ANI.

Mizoram reported its first Covid death in over six months, after an elderly man succumbed to the virus in Aizawl, an official said on Tuesday. The 63-year-old man, who was infected with COVID-19, died at a private hospital here on Monday, he said. The northeastern state had last registered a death owing to coronavirus on October 29, 2022.

According to a health department bulletin, 34 people tested Covid positive in the last 24 hours, raising the number of active cases to 78. So far, 2,39,086 people have contracted the virus and 727 have succumbed to it, while a total of 2,38,281 patients recovered from the disease.