New Delhi: India on Thursday reported 1,225 new coronavirus infections, 1,594 recoveries and 28 deaths in 24 hours.
According to the data of the Union Health Ministry, the number of infections in India increased to 4,30,24,440, while the active cases fell to 14,307.
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The ministry’s data, updated at 8 am, showed that the total recoveries stood at 4,24,89,004, while the death toll rose to 5,21,129.
Active cases comprise 0.03 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate stood at 98.76 per cent.
The active COVID-19 caseload has registered a decrease of 397 cases in a span of 24 hours.
The country’s daily COVID positivity rate was reported to be 0.20 percent and weekly positivity rate as 0.23 percent.
Meanwhile, with 6,07,987 tests conducted in the last 24 hours, a total of 78.91 crore Covid tests have been conducted so far.
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According to the Ministry of Health, 21 people from Kerala are included in the 28 new people.
Of the 21 deaths, reported in the last 24 hours, 3 were those that occurred in the last few days but were not recorded due to late receipt of documents and 17 after receiving an appeal on the basis of new COVID- Designated as 19 deaths. The guidelines of the Center and the directions of the Supreme Court, the Kerala government said on Wednesday.
Notably, a total of 5,21,129 deaths have been reported in the country so far, including 1,47,782 from Maharashtra, 67,865 from Kerala, 40,053 from Karnataka, 38,025 from Tamil Nadu, 26,152 from Delhi, 23,495 from Uttar Pradesh and 21,197 from West . Bengal.
According to the health ministry, more than 70 per cent of the deaths were due to co-morbidities.
“Our data is being collated with the Indian Council of Medical Research,” the ministry said on its website. The state wise distribution of data is subject to further verification and reconciliation.
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