New Delhi: As the total cumulative cases of Corona victims surge to 87,28,795, with 44879 news cases reported till the last official report came in on Friday, and the total death figures reaching 1,28, 668 (547 in the last 24 hours), India still registered a four-day streak of less than 5 lakh active cases, and its active caseload shrunk to 4,80,719 as on date. The share of Active Cases in the total Positive Cases further decreased to 5.48%.
New cases continue their downward slope. The daily new cases on an average showed a declining trend over the last five weeks.
This trend also upended the Recovery Rate to cross 93% today. The cumulative national figure is 93.05%. The total recovered cases stand at 81,63,572. The gap between the recovered cases and active cases that is steadily increasing, presently standing at 76,82,853.
75.38% of the new recovered cases are contributed by ten States/UTs. With 6,498 persons recovering from COVID, Delhi saw the most recoveries in the past 24 hours. Kerala saw 6,201 daily recoveries while Maharashtra saw 4,543 new recoveries.
Ten States/UTs have contributed 76.38% of the new cases.
Delhi reported 7,802 cases in the last 24 hours topping the tally of new additions. Kerala recorded 5,804 new cases while Maharashtra stood at the third position with 4,132 new cases yesterday.
520 case fatalities that have been reported in the past 24 hours. 79.23% of these are from ten States/UTs.
24.4% of new fatalities reported are from Maharashtra which reported 127 deaths. Delhi and West Bengal follow with 91 and 51 new deaths, respectively.
– globalbihari bureau
