New Delhi, September 12
The number of COVID-19 cases in India surpassed 46 lakh with a record 97,570 infections reported in one day, while 36.24,196 people have recovered so far, bringing the national recovery rate to 77.77 per one hundred on Saturday, according to data from the Union Ministry of Health.
The total number of coronavirus cases has risen to 46,59,984, while the death toll rose to 77,472 with 1,201 people succumbing to the infection within 24 hours, the updated data showed at 8 a.m.
The COVID-19 case fatality rate due to coronavirus infection has dropped further to 1.66 percent.
There are 9.58,316 active cases of COVID-19 in the country, which represents 20.56 percent of the total cases, according to the data.
India’s COVID-19 count had crossed the 20 lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23, and surpassed 40 lakh on September 5.
The country has registered more than 95,000 cases for the third consecutive day.
According to the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR), a cumulative total of 5,51,89,226 samples have been analyzed as of September 11th and 10,91,251 samples have been analyzed on Friday.
Of the 1,201 new deaths, 442 were from Maharashtra, 130 from Karnataka, 77 from Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, 76 from Uttar Pradesh, 63 from Punjab, 57 from West Bengal, 30 from Madhya Pradesh, 26 from Chhattisgarh, 25 from Haryana, 21 from Delhi, 16 from Assam and Gujarat, 15 from Jharkhand and Rajasthan and 14 from Kerala and Odisha.
Twelve deaths each have been reported from Bihar and Puducherry, 11 from Uttarakhand, 10 from Telangana, nine from Jammu and Kashmir and Tripura, eight from Goa, five from Himachal Pradesh, four from Meghalaya, three from Chandigarh, two from Ladakh while Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim have each recorded one death.
Of the total of 77,472 deaths, Maharashtra has reported the highest with 28,724 followed by 8,231 in Tamil Nadu, 7,067 in Karnataka, 4,779 in Andhra Pradesh, 4,687 in Delhi, 4,282 in Uttar Pradesh, 3,828 in West Bengal, 3,180 in Gujarat and 2,212 in Punjab.
So far 1,691 people have died from COVID-19 in Madhya Pradesh, 1,207 in Rajasthan, 950 in Telangana, 932 in Haryana, 854 in Jammu and Kashmir, 797 in Bihar, 605 in Odisha, 532 in Jharkhand, 519 in Chhattisgarh, 430 in Assam, 410 in Kerala and 388 in Uttarakhand.
Puducherry has registered 365 deaths, Goa 276, Tripura 182, Chandigarh 86, Himachal Pradesh 71, Andaman and Nicobar Islands 51, Manipur 44, Ladakh 38, Meghalaya 24, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh 10 each, Sikkim eight and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu two.
The Ministry of Health highlighted that more than 70 percent of deaths occurred due to comorbidities.
“Our figures are being reconciled with the Indian Council for Medical Research,” the ministry said on its website, adding that the state distribution of the figures is subject to further verification and reconciliation. PTI
