Corona cases update: India has seen a slight increase in daily Covid cases as the country recorded 18,987 new cases in the past 24 hours. The recovery rate is currently 98.07%, which is the highest since March 2020.
The country recorded 19,808 recoveries in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of recoveries to 3,333 62,709
Active cases represent less than 1% of total cases, currently at 0.61%, which is the lowest since March 2020
The number of active cases in India stands at 2,06586, the lowest in 215 days
Weekly positivity rate (1.44%) less than 3% in the last 111 days
Daily positivity rate (1.46%) less than 3% in the last 45 days
Kerala
Kerala reported an increase in Covid cases on Wednesday as the state recorded 11,079 new cases and 123 deaths in the past 24 hours. The daily spike in cases brought the total number of cases to 48 20,698 and deaths to 26,571.
The state has shown a drop in the number of new daily cases after crossing the 30,000 mark after the Onam festival in August.
With 9,972 more people recovering from the virus since Tuesday, total recoveries have reached 46,95,904 and active cases have fallen to 97,630, according to a state government statement.
Among the 14 districts, Ernakulam recorded the highest number of cases with 1,794, followed by Kozhikode (1,155), Thiruvananthapuram (1,125), Thrissur (1,111), and Kottayam (925).
Maharashtra
The daily count of coronavirus infections in Maharashtra remained above 2,000 for the second day in a row on Wednesday, bringing its total number of cases to 65,83896, the state health department said. , reported PTI.
A total of 2,219 cases were added during the day.
With 3,139 patients discharged from the hospital in the past 24 hours, the number of recoveries has risen to 64,11,075.
There are 29,555 coronavirus patients who are currently on treatment.
The recovery rate from COVID-19 in Maharashtra stands at 97.38% and the death rate at 2.12%, he added.
The city of Mumbai reported the highest 477 new infections and three deaths, bringing the cumulative figures for the state capital to 7,49,936 and 16,167, respectively, he said. The city of Pune reported 146 infections during the day, but no deaths.
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