India logs over 400k fresh Covid cases, 3,980 deaths
As per govt data, active cases comprises 16.92% of the total cases, while recovery rate has dropped to 81.99%
NEW DELHI: New coronavirus cases and deaths in India hit a record daily high with 4,12,262 new infections and 3,980 fatalities being reported, taking the total tally of Covid-19 cases to 2,10,77,410 and the death toll to 2,30,168, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Thursday.
Registering a steady increase, the active cases have increased to 35,66,398 comprising 16.92 % of the total infections, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate has dropped to 81.99%, the data updated at 8 am showed.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,72,80,844, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.09%, the data stated. According to the ICMR, 29,67,75,209 samples have been tested up to May 5 with 19,23,131 samples being tested on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, according to the health ministry, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi are among 10 states that account for 72.19% of the new Covid-19 cases reported in a day.
The ministry said that Karnataka,kerala, Haryana, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan are among the other states in the list of 10.
Maharashtra has reported the highest daily new cases at 57,640. It is followed by Karnataka with 50,112 while Kerala reported 41,953 new cases.
Besides Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan and Jhakhand account for 75.55% of the new deaths. Maharashtra saw the maximum casualties (920). Uttar Pradesh follows with 353 daily deaths.
“The National Mortality Rate has been falling and currently stands at 1.09%,” the ministry said. Twelve states cumulatively account for 81.05% of India’s total active cases, the ministry said. The cumulative number of Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 160 million.
The ministry said 9,04,263 beneficiaries in the age group of 18-44 years received their first dose of Covid vaccine across 12 states and UTS.
These states are Chhattisgarh (1,026), Delhi (1,29,096), Gujarat (1,96,860), Jammu and Kashmir (16,387), Haryana (1,23,484), Karnataka (5,328), Maharashtra (1,53,966), Odisha (21,031), Punjab (1,535), Rajasthan (1,80,242), Tamil Nadu (6,415) and UP (68,893).
More than 1.9 million vaccination doses were administered in a span of 24 hours.
As on day-110 of the vaccination drive (May 5), 19,55,733 vaccine doses were given. Across 15,903 sessions, 8,99,163 beneficiaries were vaccinated for the first dose and 10,56,570 beneficiaries received their second dose of vaccine.
Ten states account for 74.71 % of the new recoveries