According to the latest health ministry bulletin, India reported 30,773 new COVID-19 cases and 309 deaths in 24 hours. India saw 4,889 fewer cases on Sunday as compared to Saturday’s cases. However, 28 new deaths have increased in the last one day. Overall, the death toll in India has risen to 4,44,838.
also declined active case on Sunday. India recorded 8,481 fewer active cases, taking the cumulative number to 3,32,158. India’s active case count accounts for 0.99% of the total cases. A total of 3,945 patients were cured of the virus in a day. According to the data of the Ministry of Health, so far 3.26 crore patients have recovered from Kovid-19 infection. With the latest figures, India’s Covid-19 caseload has risen to 33,448,163 as of September 19.
India’s Covid-19 mortality rate has gone up to 1.33% while the recovery rate is 97.68%.
During this, Kerala It accounts for more than half of the daily new cases across the country. Kerala reported fresh 19,325 infections. However, the state saw a decline in its daily Covid tally as compared to Friday’s count. Kerala had registered 23,260 cases on September 17.
Maharashtra also reported a decline in its daily Covid-19 infections. According to the state’s daily health bulletin, there were 3,391 cases and 80 deaths in 24 hours. At present, there are 47,919 active cases in the state.
A large number of states and union territories in the country have less than 100 active cases. These include: Andaman and Nicobar Islands (14); Bihar (65); Chandigarh (35); Dadra and Nagar Haveli (1); Jharkhand (74); Lakshadweep (6), and Madhya Pradesh (97).
Additionally, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Haryana, which were most affected during the second Covid-19 wave, have seen a massive improvement in their active caseloads. Delhi representative[orted only one death due to Covid in September, while the Uttar Pradesh government has claimed that more than 30 districts of the state have become coronavirus-free.
The reduction in Covid-19 cases coincides with the rise in vaccination. India’s Covid-19 vaccination coverage crossed 80 crore, with over 77.25 lakh vaccine doses being administered on Saturday. According to the health ministry, India administered over 10 crore doses of vaccine in just 11 days. On September 17, PM Modi’s birthday, India set a new world record by administering 2.50 crore of Covid vaccine doses in a day. According to Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, India administered 466 doses per second on September 17.
India conducted 55.23 crore Covid-19 tests so far, of which 15,59,895 happened on Saturday.
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