Covid-19: India logs lowest active cases in 196 days

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New Delhi - Death toll climbs to 448,339 with 277 fresh fatalities

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Published: Fri 1 Oct 2021, 1:15 PM

Last updated: Fri 1 Oct 2021, 1:36 PM

India logged 26,727 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of Covid-19 cases to 33,766,707, while the active cases declined to 275,224, the lowest in 196 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday.

The death toll climbed to 448,339 with 277 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated at 8am.


The active cases comprise 0.82 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate was recorded at 97.86 per cent, the highest since March 2020, the ministry said.

A decrease of 1,796 cases has been recorded in the active Covid-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.


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As many as 1,520,899 tests were conducted on Thursday taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of Covid-19 in the country to 570,477,338.

The daily positivity rate was recorded at 1.76  per cent. It has been less than three per cent for last 32 days. The weekly positivity rate was recorded at 1.70 per cent. It has been below three per cent for the last 98 days, according to the ministry.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to

33,043,144, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.33 per cent.

The cumulative doses administered in the country so far under the nationwide Covid-19 vaccination drive has exceeded 8.9 million.

The 277 new fatalities include 122 from Kerala and 56 from Maharashtra.

A total of 448,339 deaths have been reported so far in the country including  139,067 from Maharashtra, 37,794 from Karnataka, 35,578 from Tamil Nadu, 25,087 each from Delhi and Kerala, 22,892 from Uttar Pradesh, and 18,793 from West Bengal.

The ministry stressed that more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities.

“Our figures are being reconciled with the Indian Council of Medical Research,” the ministry said on its website, adding that state-wise distribution of figures is subject to further verification and reconciliation.


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