With the single-day peak of 86,508 new positive covid-19 cases, India has reported a total of 5,732,519 cases, the Union Health Ministry said in a bulletin.
New recoveries in India have outpaced new cases for six consecutive days
With this latest increase, the count of covid-19 cases stands at 5,732,519 of which, there are a total of 9.66,382 active cases, while 46.74,988 patients have been cured / discharged / migrated.
The death toll from coronavirus in the country rose to 91,149 after 1,129 deaths from covid-19 were reported in the last 24 hours.
Covid-19 fatality rate due to coronavirus infection further reduced to 1.59%.
A total of 87,374 COVID-19 patients recovered in a single day, which is higher than the number of people affected by the coronavirus for the sixth consecutive day.
“A total of 6,74,36,031 samples analyzed until September 23 for covid-19. Of these, 11,56,569 samples were analyzed yesterday,” the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) said.
Daily Covid-19 recoveries have surpassed new cases for the sixth day in a row, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday, as total recoveries rose to 46,74,988, bringing the national recovery rate to 81, 25 percent.
Seventeen states and UT have more new recoveries than new cases.
Seventy-five percent of the new recovered cases come from 10 states and UT: Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Delhi, Kerala, West Bengal and Haryana.
Maharashtra’s coronavirus case count rose to 12,63,799 on Wednesday with the addition of 21,029 cases, the state health department said.
With 479 COVID-19 patients dying during the day, the death toll reached 33,886, he said.
Karnataka reported 6,997 new COVID-19 cases and 38 deaths on Wednesday, bringing the infection count to 5,40,847 and the death toll to 8,266, the health department said.
The aggregate number of positive coronavirus cases rose to 6,46,530 in Andhra Pradesh, as 7,228 were added again on Wednesday.
With 87 COVID-19 deaths reported in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday, the death toll due to the disease rose to 5,299, while the total number of people discharged after treatment crossed the 3 lakh mark in the state.
As many as 5,234 new cases of coronavirus were reported in the state, bringing the infection count to 3,696,686, authorities said.
Tamil Nadu reported 5,325 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, bringing the tally to 5,57,999, while the death toll rose to 9,010 with 63 more deaths.
Kerala’s COVID-19 cases recorded the highest increase in a single day with 5,376 new cases on Wednesday, bringing the infection count to 1,47,132, while the death toll skyrocketed to 592 with 20 deaths.
Odisha’s COVID-19 count rose to 1,92,548 on Wednesday, as 4,237 more people tested positive for the infection, while the record 15 recent deaths raised the number of coronavirus deaths in the state to 736, said a health officer.
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