In India, nearly 70 percent of Covid-related deaths occur due to comorbidities, the Health Ministry said.
New Delhi:
Daily COVID-19 cases in India increased by 45,674, pushing its overall coronavirus count past the 85 lakh mark, government data released this morning shows. The number of new Covid infections in a one-day period was 9 percent lower than nearly 50,000 on Friday. Coronavirus-related deaths also increased by 559 in this 24-hour period, bringing India’s total number of Covid deaths, among the lowest in the world per million, to 1.26,121.
Here’s your 10-point cheat sheet for this great story:
-
There are now 85,07,754 coronavirus cases in the country with a positivity rate of 3.8 percent.
-
Active cases were further reduced to 5.12665 after a decrease of 3.967 in the last 24 hours. The number of active COVID-19 cases remained below 6 lakh for the 10th consecutive day.
-
The total of cured cases increased to 78.7 lakh, as 49,082 people successfully battled the disease in this period. The country, the second country most affected by the pandemic, now has a 92.5% recovery rate.
-
While Delhi, Kerala, Maharashtra, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh accounted for 53 percent of all cases in the last day, Himachal Pradesh recorded its largest 24-hour increase in cases after 52 days with 573 cases.
-
The highest deaths were recorded in Maharashtra (150), Delhi (79), West Bengal (58), Kerala (28), and 25 from Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh.
-
According to the Ministry of Health, the Covid death rate in India dropped marginally to 1.48 percent for the first time in months. The government’s goal is to bring the death rate to less than 1% and the statewide positivity rate to less than 5% as winter rolls in.
-
Rising pollution amid falling temperatures has worried experts and government agencies about a possible spike in infections that could be worse than the mid-September rise of an average of 90,000 cases a day.
-
In this context, despite the fact that many states have banned firecrackers to control pollution on Diwali, Karnataka has reversed its decision in favor of “green cookies” following the “suggestions” of the people.
-
A second wave of coronavirus is relentlessly spreading across Europe, reporting more than 120 lakh of cases and 3 lakh of deaths since the COVID-19 virus first struck when Italy returned to lockdown. Two thirds of these deaths have been recorded in the United Kingdom, Italy, France, Spain and Russia.
-
The United States is also struggling to curb the pandemic, recording more than 1,200 deaths and more than 120,000 infections between Wednesday and Thursday night in another daily record, according to Johns Hopkins University.
.
