Less than 150 fatalities after nearly 8 months

India on Monday reported steady decline in the daily fatalities due to Covid-19, recording less than 150 fatalities (145) in the last 24 hours after nearly eight months. Total deaths in the country now stands at 1,52,419.

While Maharashtra and Kerala reported 50 and 21 deaths resspectively, there were no deaths in 15 states, 1 to 5 daily deaths in 15 states, 5 to 10 deaths in four states and West Bengal recorded 12 deaths.

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Health Ministry landmark achievethe total recovered cases overshooting the active case load by more than one crore on Monday as the total recoveries recorded are 102.11 lakh as against 2.08 lakh active cases. As many as 14,457 recoveries were registered in the last 24 hours as against 13,788 new confirmed cases.

As many as 76.17% of the new cases are from six states and union territory, with Kerala reporting the highest daily new cases at 5,005, followed by 3,081 in Maharashtra and 745 in Karnataka. Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Gujarat are the other three states with 589, 565 and 528 new cases respectively.