Nearly 5mn get vaccinated, active Covid cases dip to 151k
India’s total active cases form 1.40% of infections, 12,408 new cases recorded
NEW DELHI: Nearly 5 million beneficiaries have been inoculated under the countrywide Covid-19 vaccination exercise, while India’s total active cases have dropped to 151,000, the Union health ministry said on Friday.
India’s total active cases continues to follow a consistent downward slide consisting of just 1.40 per cent of total infections. Following a downward trajectory, 12,408 daily new cases were recorded in a span of 24 hours.
“India’s cases per million population (7,828) are amongst the lowest in the world. This count is much higher for countries like Russia, Germany, Italy, Brazil, France, UK and USA,” the ministry said.
It said 17 states and UTs have a lower case per million population than the national average. Lakshadweep has the lowest average of 1,722 cases per million among all states and UTs. Till February 5, 495,9,445 beneficiaries have received the vaccination with 509,893 people receiving the shots in a span of 24 hours across 11,184 sessions, the ministry said.
A total of 95,801 sessions have been conducted so far. The ministry said that 61 per cent of beneficiaries vaccinated are from eight states and UTs.
Uttar Pradesh accounts for 11.9 per cent (589,101) of the total beneficiaries vaccinated in India.
A total of 10,496,308 people have recovered so far with 15,853 patients recuperating in a span of 24 hours.
“The higher number of recoveries via-a-vis new cases has widened the gap between recovered and active cases to 1,03,44,848,” the ministry underlined.
It said 85.06 per cent of the new recovered cases are observed to be concentrated in six states and UTs. Kerala has reported the maximum number of single day recoveries with 6,341 newly recovered cases. A total of 5,339 people recovered in Maharashtra in a span of 24 hours followed by 517 in Tamil Nadu. The ministry said 84.25 per cent of the 12,408 new cases registered in a day are from six states and Union territories.
Kerala continues to report the highest daily new cases at 6,102. It is followed by Maharashtra with 2,736, while Tamil Nadu reported 494 new cases. A total of 120 deaths were recorded in a span of 24 hours, the ministry said adding six six states and UTs account for 74.17 per cent of the new deaths.
Maharashtra saw the maximum casualties (46). Kerala follows with 17 daily deaths, while Punjab and Delhi reported 7 deaths each.Fourteen states and UTs have reported no deaths in a span of 24 hours, the ministry highlighted. These are Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Puducherry, Manipur, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Nagaland, Mizoram, Ladakh (UT), Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Daman and Diu & Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Lakshadweep.
India’s 112 deaths per million population are also amongst the lowest in the world, the ministry underscored.
According to the ICMR, 199,931,795 samples have been tested up to February 4 with 715,776 samples being tested on Thursday. The 120 new fatalities include 46 from Maharashtra, 17 from Kerala, 7 each Delhi and Punjab.
A total of 154,823 deaths have been reported so far in the country including 51,215 from Maharashtra followed by 12,375 from Tamil Nadu, 12,227 from Karnataka, 10,871 from Delhi, 10,199 from West Bengal, 8,680 from Uttar Pradesh and 7,157 from Andhra Pradesh.
On the positive side, 19 states and UTs have reported lower deaths per million average than the national average. Lakshadweep leads with an average of 0 deaths per million.