India’s coronavirus disease (Covid-19) count increased by 61,267 in a single day, the lowest in a week, and now has 6,685,082 infections, the Union Ministry of Health panel showed Tuesday morning. . The death toll in the country rose to 103,569 when 884 people succumbed to the respiratory disease, the ministry board showed.
The number of coronavirus deaths across the country has also been the lowest in a week, according to data from the Health Ministry at 8 a.m. on Tuesday. There were 1,179 deaths on September 30 and 903 on Monday. Of the 903 deaths on Monday, 82% were reported from 10 states and Union territories and 36% were reported from Maharashtra with 326 deaths, followed by Karnataka with 67 deaths.
The number of active cases, which shows the burden of disease in a country at the national level, is 919,023. India has registered less than 1 million active cases for two consecutive weeks. Active cases contribute only 14.11% to the country’s positive case load, and 10 states and Union territories account for 77% of active cases, the Health Ministry said on Monday.
The Health Ministry said on Tuesday that India has consistently kept the positivity rate for Covid-19 cases below 10% and that the cumulative positivity rate stood at 8.28%, while the daily figure was 7.52%.
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75,787 recoveries were made in the last 24 hours in the country. As new recoveries have outpaced new cases in recent days, India’s total recoveries stood at 5,662,490 as of Tuesday morning. The recovery rate is currently set at 84.70%.
The Health Ministry said on Monday that 75% of the new recovered cases were registered in 10 states and territories of the Union. Maharashtra has added more than 15,000 to the new recovered cases, followed by Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh with more than 7,000 cases each, it said.
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According to the government on Monday, 78% of new Covid-19 cases are concentrated in 10 states and Union territories and Maharashtra reported more than 12,000 of the new cases. Karnataka contributed more than 10,000, he added.
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said on Tuesday that 10,89,403 samples were analyzed for Covid-19 on Monday and 8,10,71,797 samples have been analyzed in the country to date.
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