India recorded 36,604 new cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the past 24 hours, data from the Union Ministry of Health showed at 8 a.m. Wednesday. With this, the national count has reached 9,499,413.
The number of active cases remains below the five lakh mark – on Wednesday, the number was 4,28,644. So far, 89,32,647 patients have been cured of the disease, data from the Ministry of Health showed.
The country recorded 501 new cases of Covid-19-related deaths, bringing the death toll to 1.38,122.
India has been recording fewer than 50,000 daily cases of Covid-19 for more than 10 days, the Health Ministry said Wednesday morning.
In a press meeting yesterday, Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said: “The cumulative positivity rate has decreased in India from 7.15% to 6.69% during the period from November 11 to December 1. . In November 2020, the number of recoveries has been greater than the number of new Covid-19 cases. “
So far, more than 14.13 million tests have been performed for the detection of coronavirus infection, while the cumulative positivity rate has decreased from 7.15 percent on November 11 to 6.69 percent on November 1. December, Bhushan said.
The average daily positivity rate last week was 3.72%. In November, more than 10.55 lakh of tests were performed daily, while on average 43,152 new cases and 47,159 recoveries were recorded each day, it added.
The top health official said India still ranks among the countries with the lowest number of Covid-19 cases and deaths per million inhabitants.
The Union health secretary also reported at the press conference that the top five states that have shown a decrease in active cases over the past month are Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal.
The top five states showing an increase in active cases during the same period were Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, and Rajasthan.
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