India logs 41,965 new Covid cases, a jump of 7.5K in 1 day
Delhi schools reopen for Classes 9 to 12 amid protocols
With 41,965 people testing positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday, the health ministry said that it’s a jump of 7,541 in a span over the previous day. India’s total tally of cases rose to 3,28,10,845, while active cases have increased to 3,78,181.
The death toll too has climbed to 4,39,020 with 460 more fatalities.
In Delhi, some students of Classes 9-12 returned to schools after they reopened on Wednesday following a long hiatus due to Covid-19. Some institutions, however, chose to adopt a wait-andwatch
approach and have decided to call children for physical classroom studies after a few weeks. Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia tweeted:
“After 17 months schools have reopened and students will again sit and study in classrooms and have fun with
their friends.”
Schools also reopened in Madhya Pradesh for classes six to 12 after a gap of one-anda-half years. However, poor attendance of students marked the first day.
The number of active cases in the country has increased to 3,78,181 and comprise 1.15 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate has been recorded at 97.51 per cent, health ministry said.
On Tuesday, 16,06,785 tests were conducted, taking the total cumulative tests done so far for detection of Covid-19 in the country to 52,31,84,293. The daily positivity rate has been recorded at 2.61 per cent, the ministry said.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease has increased to 3,19,93,644, while the case fatality rate stands at 1.34 per cent, the data stated.
With 1.33 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Tuesday, the highest ever in a single day, the cumulative doses given in the country has reached 65.41 crore, according to the ministry.
Last year itself, India’s Covid-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7 last year, 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 last year.
India crossed two crore cases on May 4 and three crore cases on June 23 this year.
The 460 new fatalities include 115 from Kerala and 104 from Maharashtra, the ministry said. It said that 4,39,020 deaths have been reported so far in the country, including 1,37,313 from Maharashtra, 37,318 from Karnataka, 34,921 from Tamil Nadu, 25,082 from Delhi, 22,823 from Uttar Pradesh, 20,788 from Kerala and 18,447 from West Bengal.