Continuing the downward trend of active Covid-19 cases, India on Friday reported 6.95,509 active cases, the number of people infected with the virus today. In the last 24 hours, 54,366 new cases and 690 deaths have been registered.
The number of active cases has seen a steady decline in the current week. On Tuesday the number was 7,48,538, on Wednesday 7,40,090 and Thursday 7,15,812.
The Health Ministry said on Friday that India’s cumulative positivity rate is 7.81 percent, while the daily positivity rate is 3.8 percent. 14 Union states and territories, including Delhi, West Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Ladakh, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Goa, Chandigarh, Nagaland, Kerala, Puducherry and Maharashtra, have a positivity rate higher than the average for India . “This indicates the need for aggressive and widespread testing,” the ministry said.
The maximum number of new cases is reported in Maharashtra, Kerala and Karnataka. These three states also report the maximum number of daily recoveries.
However, Kerala does not report as many deaths as the other two major states. By contrast, West Bengal is the third state reporting the highest number of deaths, after Maharashtra and Karnataka.
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