41,965 new Covid-19 cases in India; over 30K infections from Kerala alone
India on Wednesday reported 41,965 new Covid-19 cases, 33,964 recoveries and 460 deaths in the last 24 hours, Union Health Ministry data showed. Of these, Kerala accounted for 30,203 new coronavirus infections and 115 fatalities.
India's total tally of cases rose to 3,28,10,845, while active cases have increased to 3,78,181, according to Union health ministry data updated on Wednesday.
The death toll has climbed to 4,39,020 with 460 more fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am.
The number of active cases has increased to 3,78,181 and comprise 1.15 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate has been recorded at 97.51 per cent, ministry said.
It said that active cases increased by 7,541 in a span of 24 hours.
On Tuesday, 16,06,785 tests were conducted, taking the total cumulative tests done so far for detection of Covid-19 in the country to 52,31,84,293. The daily positivity rate has been recorded 2.61 per cent, the ministry said.
The weekly positivity rate has been recorded at 2.58 per cent. It has been below three per cent for the last 68 days, it said.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease has increased to 3,19,93,644, while the case fatality rate stands at 1.34 per cent, the data stated.
With 1.33 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Tuesday, the highest ever in a single day, the cumulative doses given in the country under the vaccination drive has reached 65.41 crore, according to the ministry.
India's Covid-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7 last year, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16.
It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19 last year.
India crossed two crore cases on May 4 and three crore cases on June 23
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