New Delhi: India on Wednesday reported 2,08,921 COVID-19 infections, pressing the total tally of cases to 2,71,57,795, as the nation carried out 22,17,320 coronavirus tests, its highest-ever in a day, according to Union Health Ministry data.The death toll also reached 3,11,388 with 4,157 deaths reported in a 24-hour period, the information updated at 8 am showed.
A total of 22,17,320 tests, the highest in a day, were carried out on Tuesday taking the cumulative number so far in the country to 33,48,11,496, while the everyday positivity decreased to 9.42 percent, the ministry said.This is the 2nd day in a row that the case positivity rate has actually remained below 10 per cent, the ministry said.
The weekly positivity rate has actually likewise declined to 11.45 per cent.The upgraded information revealed that the variety of active cases have further come down to 24,95,591, with a net decrease of 91,191 in a span of 24 hours.The active cases now making up 9.19 percent of the overall infections.
The information likewise revealed that 2,95,955 patients recovered from the virus in a span of 24 hr, pressing the overall healings up until now to 2,43,50,816.
The national COVID-19 recovery rate has improved to 89.66 per cent, it showed.The case death rate was 1.15 per cent, the information showed.India's COVID-19 tally had actually crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16.
The country crossed the grim milestone of 2 crore cases on May 4.
The 4,157 brand-new casualties consist of 1,137 from Maharashtra, 588 from Karnataka, 468 from Tamil Nadu, 177 from Kerala, 174 from Punjab, 157 each from Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, 156 from Delhi, 128 from Haryana, 106 from Andhra Pradesh, 105 from Rajasthan and 104 from Bihar, according to the ministry data.
A total of 3,11,388 deaths have been reported up until now in the country including 90,349 from Maharashtra, 26,399 from Karnataka, 23,565 from Delhi, 21,340 from Tamil Nadu, 19,519 from Uttar Pradesh, 14,674 from West Bengal, 13,642 from Punjab and 12,723 from Chhattisgarh.The health ministry stressed that more than 70 per cent of the deaths happened due to comorbidities or preexisting health conditions.
Our figures are being fixed up with the Indian Council of Medical Research Study, the ministry said on its site, adding that the state-wise circulation of figures goes through further verification and reconciliation.
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