COVID-19 cases in India: Average death rate has been around 1.5 percent since September peak
New Delhi:
With a jump of 36,370 new COVID-19 cases in one day, India reported the lowest number of new coronavirus infections in the country since mid-July, bringing its count to 79.46 lakh, data from the government. July 18 was the last time India reported fewer than 36,000 cases. Continuing the downward trend in cases, India recorded an average of 55,000 daily Covid cases last week, up from the weekly average of 90,000 during the September peak, data shows. Since then, the average weekly one-day count has fallen steadily and steeply, from roughly 80,000 in early October to 45,000 now.
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According to data from the Health Ministry, some 488 people died from coronavirus disease in the past 24 hours, bringing the total death count to 1.19,502.
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The Covid death rate has hovered around 1.5 percent since September. The Ministry of Health now aims to achieve a rate of less than 1 percent and maintain it.
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Among the 14 states and Union Territories showing a Covid death rate of less than 1% is Kerala with 0.34%.
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The state has crossed over to Maharashtra as the state with the most daily cases. Kerala recorded 4,287 new coronavirus cases, followed by West Bengal (4,121), Karnataka (4,130), Maharashtra (3,645) and Delhi (2,832). The last time Maharashtra recorded fewer than 4,000 cases was in June.
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However, Maharashtra continued to record the highest number of daily deaths, 85, with a death rate higher than the national average of 2.63%. The state was followed by West Bengal (59), Delhi (54), Chhattisgarh (43) and Karnataka (42).
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At 6.25,857, the total active coronavirus cases in India now account for around 8 percent of the count, pushing its recovery rate past the 90 percent mark with more than 72 lakh of patients discharged. The number of recovered patients was almost double the number of recent infections.
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The government has been testing an average of 8 to 9 lakhs of people in the country every day for the past month, the data shows.
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Despite the encouraging trend amid festival season, experts warned against crowding with a report published in The Lancet saying that a ban on public events may reduce the number of COVID-19 (R) reproductions, a key measure of virus transmission, by 24 percent in less than a month.
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India remains the second worst hit country by the pandemic as infections see a resurgence in the US, the worst hit nation with at least 87 lakh of cases and 2.25 lakh of deaths, and some European countries including Spain and France.
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As the world races to find a vaccine to stop the spread of the coronavirus, trials of the Oxford / AstraZeneca vaccine, which is expected to be one of the first of big pharma to gain regulatory approval, shows its triggers for more adverse responses. casualties among the elderly. the manufacturer has said.
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