INDIA ADDED 2.25 MN COVID CASES, OVER 16,000 DEATHS IN A WEEK

Data shows slight drop in coronavirus recovery rate, case fatality rate further reduces to 1.12%

NEW DELHI: India continued to record over 300,000 cases of the coronavirus for the sixth day in a row on Tuesday, while it also saw its highest single-day fatalities with over 2,700 deaths, according to the Union health ministry.

The country saw 323,144 people testing positive for Covid-19 in the 24-hours to Tuesday, taking India’s tally to 17,636,307, the ministry said. The death toll mounted to 197,894 with 2,771 new fatalities.

From April 20 to 26, India saw over 2,251,200 cases and more than 16,350 deaths.

NEW DELHI: With 323,144 people testing positive for the coronavirus in a day, India’s infection tally has climbed to 17,636,307, while the national recovery rate further dropped to 82.54 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday.

The death toll mounted to 197,894 with 2,771 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.

There has been a slight dip in the daily cases as compared to the number of new infections reported in the past few days.

The active case count has increased to 2,882,204 comprising 16.34 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate has further dropped to 82.54 per cent, from 82.62 per cent reported on Monday.

The national Covid-19 recovery rate was recorded at 97.33 per cent on February 17.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 14,556,209 while the case fatality rate has further dropped to 1.12 per cent, the data stated. Ten states, including Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi, reported 69.1 per cent of the new Covid-19 cases registered in a day, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday.

Karnataka, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Rajasthan are also among the 10 states that reported 69.1 per cent of the new cases. “Cumulatively, more than 28 crore tests have conducted so far, while the cumulative positivity rate is 6.28 per cent,” the ministry said.

Maharashtra has reported the highest daily new cases at 48,700. It is followed by Uttar Pradesh with 33,551 new cases and Karnataka with 29,744 new cases.India’s Covid-19 tally had crossed the 2,000,000 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. India crossed the grim milestone of 1.50 crore on April 19. According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 280,979,877 samples have been tested up to April 26 with 1,658,700 samples being tested on Monday.

The 2,771 new fatalities include 524 from Maharashtra, 380 from Delhi, 249 from Uttar Pradesh, 226 from Chhattisgarh, 201 from Karnataka, 158 from Gujarat and 124 from Jharkhand.

MAHARASHTRA HAS REPORTED THE HIGHEST DAILY NEW CASES AT 48,700. IT IS FOLLOWED BY UTTAR PRADESH WITH 33,551 NEW CASES AND KARNATAKA WITH 29,744 NEW CASES.