Active cases had been on a steady decline and stood at 5,16,632 on Saturday: Ministry of Health
There were 577 deaths from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours in the country, and of these, 10 states / UT accounted for almost 83% of the deaths, according to a statement issued by the Union Ministry of Health on Saturday.
More than 27.9% of the new deaths were in Maharashtra (161). Delhi and West Bengal followed with 64 and 55 respectively.
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Additionally, 77% of the new cases were from 10 states and UT. Delhi had overtaken Maharashtra and Kerala to report 7,178 cases in the past 24 hours. Kerala registered 7,002 new cases.
Active cases had seen a steady decline and stood at 5.16,632 on Saturday. This figure translated into 6.11% of all positive cases.
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The total of recovered cases stood at 78,19,886, which raised the national recovery rate to 92.41%. The gap between recovered cases and active ones is currently 73,03,254, the ministry said.
Maharashtra leads recoveries
Maharashtra continued to have the highest number of recoveries in a single day. More than 11,000 recoveries brought their total recoveries to 15.62,342.
“The last five weeks have seen a continuous decrease in the daily average of new cases. The average number of new cases per day has decreased to 46,000 cases from more than 73,000 new cases per day in the first week of October, ”the statement said.
Seventy-nine percent of the new recovered cases were concentrated in 10 states / UT, he said.
The country’s new daily recoveries have exceeded daily new cases for more than a month. “In contrast to 50,356 new cases reported, 53,920 cases have recovered in the last 24 hours. This trend has been observed for the past five weeks. This also played a key role in reducing the number of active cases, which is currently pegged at 5.16 lakh, ”he added.
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