After slump, Covid rises again; 2,124 cases, 17 deaths in 24 hrs

India reported 2,124 fresh Covid-19 cases and 17 related deaths — 13 from Kerala, 2 from Delhi and 1 each from Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh — in the last 24 hours. This is the seventh time in the last 10 days that daily new Covid infections have gone above the 2,000 mark.

The active cases which stand at 14,971 comprise 0.03 per cent of the total infections. The national Covid-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.75 per cent. There has been increase of 130 cases in the active Covid-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.46 per cent and weekly positivity rate at 0.49 per cent. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,26,02,714, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.22 per cent.

The cumulative doses administered in the country so far under the nationwide Covid-19 vaccination drive has exceeded 192.67 crore. In all, the infection tally and the total death toll has gone up to 4,31,42,192 and 5,24,507 respectively.

Of the total Covid related deaths reported so far, 1,47,857 are from Maharashtra, 69,630 from Kerala, 40,106 from Karnataka, 38,025 from Tamil Nadu, 26,203 from Delhi, 23,519 from Uttar Pradesh and 21,203 from West Bengal. India's Covid19 tally had crossed the 20lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 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.