Active cases go up after 5 days: 41K infections, 490 die 24 hrs

India logged 41,195 new Covid-19 infections, taking its total caseload to 3,20,77,706, while active cases rose to 3,87,987, according to the Union health ministry’s data updated Thursday. The death toll climbed to 4,29,669 with 490 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.

Over 54.04 crore Covid vaccine doses have been provided to states and UTs so far, and 1,09,83,510 more doses are in the pipeline. Of this, the total consumption, including wastage, is 52,00,96,418 doses.

The active cases increased after seeing a fall for five consecutive days. They now comprise 1.21 per cent of total infections, the ministry said, adding the nationwide Covid-19 recovery rate stands at 97.45 per cent.

An increase of 1,636 cases was recorded in the active Covid caseload in a span of 24 hours.

As many as 21,24,953 tests were conducted Wednesday, taking the total cumulative tests done so far for the detection of Covid-19 in the country to 48,73,70,196. The daily positivity rate was 1.94 per cent. It has been below three per cent for the last 17 days.

India logged 41,195 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of Covid-19 cases to 3,20,77,706, while the active cases increased to 3,87,987, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Thursday.

The death toll climbed to 4,29,669 with 490 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.

Meanwhile, more than 54.04 crore Covid vaccine doses have been provided to states and UTs so far, and 1,09,83,510 additional doses are in the pipeline. Of this, the total consumption, including the wastage, is 52,00,96,418 doses.

The active cases increased after registering a decrease for five consecutive days. They now comprise 1.21 per cent of the total infections, the ministry said, adding the national Covid-19 recovery rate stands at 97.45 per cent.

An increase of 1,636 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. Total 21,24,953 tests were conducted on Wednesday taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of Covid-19 in the country to 48,73,70,196.

The daily positivity rate was recorded at 1.94 per cent. It has been less than three per cent for the last 17 days, the ministry said, adding the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 2.23 per cent. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 3,12, 60,050, while the case fatality rate stands at 1.34 per cent, the data stated.