Data from the Union Ministry of Health showed 55,722 new cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), the lowest in five days, and 579 related deaths were reported between Sunday and Monday morning, which has brought the country’s tally to more than 7.5 million. The number of deaths in the past 24 hours was also the lowest in months.
There were 772,055 active cases of Covid-19 and the death toll in the country rose to 114,610, the Health Ministry dashboard showed at 8 a.m., with the cumulative count of coronavirus infections at 7,550,273. Active cases have been less than 800,000 for the third consecutive day. The ministry had said on Sunday that India continues to report a steady downward trend in active cases and accounts for 10.45% of all positive cases in the country.
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“Following the national trend, 22 states and territories of the Union have less than 20,000 active cases. 13 states and territories of the Union have more than 20,000 but less than 50,000 active cases, while three states and territories of the Union have more than 50,000 active cases, “he had said in a press release on Sunday.
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Total recovered cases from India stands at 6,663,608 and the gap between recovered and active cases has exceeded 5.8 million to 5,891,553 with the national recovery rate at 88.25%. The Health Ministry had said that 79% of the recovered cases reported on Sunday were concentrated in states and territories of the Union. Maharashtra had contributed the most with more than 14,000 recovery days, he said.
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Of the 61,871 cases on Sunday, 79% were from 10 states and Union territories. “Maharashtra remains the state that reports a very high number of new cases with more than 10,000 cases followed by Kerala with more than 9,000 cases,” the ministry added.
Of the 1,033 deaths on Sunday morning, 10 states and Union territories accounted for nearly 86% and more than 44% or 463 of them were from Maharashtra.
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