Active covid Cases in India fell below 2 lakh on Saturday for the first time in 218 days since the initial days of the second wave.
A day after Dussehra and Vijayadashami celebrations, India reported 14,060 new cases against 19,286 recoveries (Jharkhand’s numbers were not available till midnight).
The number of active cases in India, which stood at 2,01,632 on Saturday morning, according to the Union Health Ministry website, had come down to just 1.9 lakh by late night. For the first time since March 12 this year – in the early days of the second wave – the count of active cases fell below the two lakh mark. After the first wave, active cases dipped to a low of around 1.3 lakh on February 12 before touching a peak of 36.8 lakh by May 14.
Meanwhile, 146 deaths from the virus were reported from across the country on Saturday, the lowest daily number since March 15 this year.
at 1,553 Maharashtra It recorded its lowest daily case count in 17 months. It last recorded a low number of daily cases on May 13, 2020, when 1,495 fresh cases were detected.
Kerala Seeing 7,955 new cases, its daily test positivity rate eventually fell below 10% to 9.9% on Saturday. Bengal 443 new cases were registered on Saturday while 358 new cases were reported in Odisha.
A day after Dussehra and Vijayadashami celebrations, India reported 14,060 new cases against 19,286 recoveries (Jharkhand’s numbers were not available till midnight).
The number of active cases in India, which stood at 2,01,632 on Saturday morning, according to the Union Health Ministry website, had come down to just 1.9 lakh by late night. For the first time since March 12 this year – in the early days of the second wave – the count of active cases fell below the two lakh mark. After the first wave, active cases dipped to a low of around 1.3 lakh on February 12 before touching a peak of 36.8 lakh by May 14.
Meanwhile, 146 deaths from the virus were reported from across the country on Saturday, the lowest daily number since March 15 this year.
at 1,553 Maharashtra It recorded its lowest daily case count in 17 months. It last recorded a low number of daily cases on May 13, 2020, when 1,495 fresh cases were detected.
Kerala Seeing 7,955 new cases, its daily test positivity rate eventually fell below 10% to 9.9% on Saturday. Bengal 443 new cases were registered on Saturday while 358 new cases were reported in Odisha.
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