Covid Daily Updates: According to the Ministry of Health, 41,831 new cases of corona virus have been reported in India in the last 24 hours.
There have been 541 deaths in the country today, and 39,258 have been cured, and the recovery rate currently stands at 97.36%. India’s active caseload currently stands at 4,10,952. Active cases constitute 1.30 per cent of the total cases. The weekly positivity rate remains below 5%, currently at 2.42%. The daily positivity rate remains below 5%, at 2.34%.
Kerala reports over 20k new covid cases on day 5
Ahead of the Onam festivities that begin in the state, Kerala Health Minister Veena George has asked people to avoid crowds and, if possible, even events, gatherings and meeting relatives at risk of COVID infection. asked to reduce it. The Minister said that people should strictly avoid crowds and follow the COVID protocol while participating in events and functions.
According to the health bulletin on Saturday, Kerala recorded 20,624 new Covid cases and 80 deaths in the last 24 hours. Currently, the positivity rate is 12.31%. The state reported 16,865 recoveries during the same period. With this, the active cases in Kerala now stand at 1,64,500.
This is the fifth day that the southern state had registered over 20,000 new cases in a day. On Friday, Kerala had 20,772 cases and 116 deaths within 24 hours.
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday said Karnataka has intensified testing at the inter-state borders with Kerala and Maharashtra to contain the rise in the number of COVID cases in the state.
Maharashtra
Maharashtra on Saturday reported 225 fresh COVID-19 fatalities and 6,959 cases, while 7,467 patients recovered, a health official said.
With the new additions, the number of infections in Maharashtra reached 63,03,715 and the death toll climbed to 1,32,791. He said that the number of people who have recovered is now 60,90,786, making the state 76,755 active cases.
On Saturday, Maharashtra saw a marginal increase in fresh coronavirus positive cases as compared to Thursday, when the state added 6,600 new cases and 231 deaths to its tally.
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