India reported 4,282 new cases of Covid – 19 in the last 24 hours, while the number of active cases have dropped to 47,246, according to the Union Health Ministry updated data. It may be noted that, while Covid cases have been on a sharp rise since March this year, over the last few days, there has been a dip in the number of cases. On Sunday, India had reported 5,874 Covid-19 cases, while the number of active cases was 49,015. Earlier on Saturday India reported 7,171 new Covid-19 cases, with 40 fatalities.
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Meanwhile, India logged 14 deaths in the last 24 hours. The death count has increased to 5,31,547 with these fatalities, which includes six reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am showed.
Gujarat logs 121 new Covid-19 cases
Gujarat recorded 121 new cases of Covid-19 on Sunday. Whereas, 204 patients have recovered from the infection. Ahmedabad, was at the top in the tally with 45 cases, whereas Baroda 21, Surat 20, Mehsana 11, Gandhinagar 7, Banas Kantha 5 and Valsad reported 4 new cases of Covid – 19. Currently, there are total 1218 active cases in the state, out of which 7 patients are being treated on ventilator.
Positivity rate 4.92%, Recovery rate 98.71%
The daily positivity rate recorded on Monday was 4.92 per cent while the weekly positivity was pegged at 4.00 per cent. The total tally of Covid cases was recorded at 4.49 crore (4,49,49,671) The active cases now constitute 0.11 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate has been recorded at 98.71 per cent, according to the health ministry website.
Fatality rate at 1.18 per cent
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease rose to 4,43,70,878 while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.18 per cent. According to the ministry’s website, 220.66 crore doses of Covid vaccine have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive.
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