Corona cases Update: Covid-19 cases in the country are below the 15,000 after surging beyond 16k for a day. As per the latest numbers released by the Health Ministry, India recorded 14,348 new Corona cases, 13,198 recoveries, and 805 deaths in the last 24 hours.
The active caseload now stands at 1,61,334. The recovery rate is currently at 98.20% which is the highest since March 2020.
Kerala
In an uptick in daily fresh infections, Kerala on Tuesday recorded 9,445 new coronavirus cases and 622 related deaths which raised the caseload to 49,29,397 and toll to 29,977, mentioned a PTI report. The state had registered over 7000 cases yesterday.
Of the 622 deaths, 93 were reported in the last few days, 330 were those which were not confirmed until June 18 last year due to lack of adequate documentation, and 199 were designated as COVID deaths after receiving appeals based on the new guidelines of the Centre and Supreme Court directions, a state government release said.
With 6,723 more people recovering from the virus since Tuesday, the total recoveries touched 48,31,468 and the active cases dropped to 76,554, the release said.
The health bulletin also said that 82,689 samples were tested in the last 24 hours.
Among the 14 districts, Ernakulam recorded the highest with 1,517 cases, followed by Thiruvananthapuram (1,284), Kozhikode (961) and Thrissur (952).
Maharashtra
Maharashtra on Thursday reported 1,418 new coronavirus cases and 36 fatalities, according to the state health bulletin.
After the daily rise in cases, the overall tally surged to 66,07,954, and the death toll reached 1,40,134.
The state now has 18,748 active patients while 1,71,200 people are in-home quarantine and 896 in institutional quarantine.
On Tuesday, Maharashtra had logged 1,201 new coronavirus cases and 32 fatalities.