New Delhi: India on Saturday reported 19,740 new Covid-19 cases and 248 deaths in the last 24 hours, said the Ministry of Health and family welfare.
With this, the country’s active Kaseload is now standing at 2,36,643, which is the lowest in 206 days.
While the dead victim rose to 4,50,375.
A total of 23,070 people also recovered in the last 24 hours, took the recovery rate at 97.98 percent, the highest since the beginning of the pandemic.
So far, the dose of the 93.99 crore vaccine has been given so far under drive national vaccination.
The daily peposititivity level has been recorded at 1.56 percent.
It’s been less than three percent for the past 40 days, he said the weekly peposititivity level has been recorded at 1.62 percent.
It has been under three percent for the past 106 days, according to the Ministry of Health.
The number of people who have been restored from the disease has surged to 3,32,48,291, while the case mortality rate has been recorded at 1.33 percent, he said.
Tally Covid-19 India has crossed a sign of 20 lakh on August 7 last year, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 on September 16 last year.
It passed 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, across 80 lakh on October 29 90 lakh on November 20 and exceeded the one-crore sign on December 19 last year.
India crossed two crore cases on May 4 and three crore cases on June 23.
248 new fatality includes 120 from Kerala and 59 of Maharashtra, the Ministry said.
It was said that a total of 4,50,375 deaths had been reported so far in the country, including 1,39,470 from Maharashtra, 37,866 of Karnataka, 35,754 from Tamil Nadu, 26,072 from Kerala, 25,088 from Delhi, 22,896 from Uttar Pradesh and 18,882 from West Bengal.
The Ministry of Health said that more than 70 percent of deaths occurred because of comorbidity.
“Our numbers are being reconciled by the Indian Medical Research Council,” said the ministry on its website, added that the distribution of wise numbers was subject to verification and further reconciliation.
(With input from agency)