Active Covid cases in country decline to 96,442; 36 deaths recorded

New Delhi: India logged 10,649 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,43,68,195, while the active cases declined to 96,442, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The death toll has climbed to 5,27,452 with 36 fatalities which include four deaths reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated.

The active cases comprise 0.22 percent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.59 percent, the ministry said.

A decline of 64 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.62 percent and the weekly positivity rate at 3.32 percent, according to the ministry. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,37,44,301, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.19 percent.

According to the ministry, 210.58 crore doses of the Covid vaccine have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide vaccination drive. India’s COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 30 lakhs on August 23, 40 lakhs on September 5, and 50 lakhs on September 16. It went past 60 lakhs on September 28, 70 lakhs on October 11, crossed 80 lakhs on October 29, 90 lakhs on November 20, and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19.

The country crossed the grim milestone of two crores on May 4 and three crores on June 23 last year.

It crossed the four-crore mark on January 25 this year The 32 new fatalities include nine from Delhi, seven from Maharashtra, three from Punjab, two each from Haryana, Karnataka, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh, and one each from Chandigarh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, and West Bengal.