India has recorded 47,638 new Covid-19 infections in the past 24 hours, a 5 percent drop from Thursday’s daily infection cases, Health Ministry data released Friday revealed. In the last 24 hours, a total of 54,157 patients have been discharged compared to 47,638 new cases, which marks a positive advance in the fight against Covid-19. Data shows 670 people have died from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours compared to Thursday’s figure of 704. But the fact that the number of daily victims is rising again has become a new cause for concern.
India’s total tally, as of Friday, is 84,11,724.
However, the number of total active cases remains below 5 lakh. On Friday, it registered a further decline and stood at 5,20,773.
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More than 78 percent of these active cases are concentrated in just 10 states and union territories. Maharashtra (21.53%), Kerala (16.12%), Delhi (7.08%), West Bengal (6.87%), Karnataka (6.76%), Chhattisgarh (4.31%), Uttar Pradesh (4.30%), Andhra Pradesh (4.06%), Tamil Nadu (3.63%), Telangana (3.53%) contribute the most to the active number of cases.
Active Covid-19 cases are now only 6.31 percent of the country’s total positive cases.
“The downward trend in active cases is complemented by the uninterrupted increase, day by day, of recovered cases,” said the Ministry of Health.
According to data from the Health Ministry released on Thursday, Kerala reports the highest number of new Covid-19 infections in the country. Maharashtra, which was at the top for months, has now risen to third when it comes to new cases. Delhi has taken the second position with more than 6,000 cases reported daily.
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