Marginal Dip In Covid Cases For 2nd Consecutive Day, India Reports Over 3.68 Lakh New Infections

The country has been witnessing a slight dip in the daily surge of Covid infections for 2 days.

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India continues to battle against the increasing Covid case and the country recorded a slight dip in the new infections reported in the last 24 hours.

 

India reported 3,68,147 new COVID 19 cases, 3,00,732 discharges, and 3,417 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per Union Health Ministry.

 

Total cases: 1,99,25,604

Total recoveries: 16,29,3003

Death toll: 2,18,959

Active cases: 34,13,642

Total vaccination: 15,71,98,207

The top five states which have registered maximum cases are Maharashtra with 63,282 cases, followed by Karnataka with 40,990 cases, Kerala with 35,636 cases, Uttar Pradesh with 30,180 cases and Delhi with 25,219 cases.

Of the news cases, 49.76 per cent are from these five states, with Maharashtra alone responsible for 16.12 per cent. Maximum casualties were also reported from Maharashtra with 802 deaths in the last 24 hours, followed by Delhi with 412 daily deaths.

ndia's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16. It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19.

The country crossed the grim milestone of 1.50 crore on April 19.