New Delhi: India recorded 10,302 infections in the last 24 hours. As per a PTI report, the cumulative Covid count has now reached 3,44,99,925. During the same period, the number of active cases came down to 1,24,868 as per the update by the Union Health Ministry at 8 am today.
The number of recovered people was recorded as 3,39,09,708. While 267 people succumbed to the infection, the death toll was recorded at 4,65,349. Of the 267 people who died in the last 24 hours, 204 were reported from Kerala while 15 from Maharashtra. The case fatality rate was 1.35 percent.
According to the report, the number of active cases has come down by 1,752 in the last 24 hours. The national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.29 percent. The report said that this recovery rate is the highest since March last year.
The daily number of coronavirus cases has been below 20,000 for 43 consecutive days and less than 50,000 for 146 days in a row.
Of the 4,65,349 deaths in the country so far, 1,40,707 are from Maharashtra, 38,169 from Tamil Nadu, 25,095 from Delhi, 22,909 from Uttar Pradesh and 19,364 from West Bengal.
The health ministry said that about 70 per cent of the total deaths were due to comorbidities.
On the vaccination front, more than 115.79 Covid-19 vaccines have been administered so far
Kerala
As reported by the official website of the Government of Kerala on November 18, the active caseload stood at 62,391. The number of recovered cases was recorded at 7202, while 372 deaths were recorded.
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