India recorded at least 1,660 fresh coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking the COVID-19 tally to 4,30,18,032 as of Saturday. According to Union health ministry data, the active cases declined further to 16,741 today.
The active cases comprise 0.04 per cent of the total infections. The national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.75 per cent, it showed.
A reduction of 4,789 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.25 per cent, while the weekly positivity rate stood at 0.29 per cent, the ministry said.
India’s COVID-19 death toll climbed to 5,20,855 with 4,100 fatalities recorded in a day and Maharashtra reconciling the number of deaths caused by the viral disease in the state, the Union health ministry said on Saturday.
Maharashtra reported a high death toll because of the inclusion of non-Covid fatalities (4,005) reported till Friday. The state reported two fresh deaths caused by the viral disease in the last 24 hours, according to a media bulletin.
Delhi reported 112 new COVID-19 cases and one death in the last 24 hours.
The total COVID-19 cases in the city moved up to 18,64,358 including 466 active cases.
According to Delhi Health Department bulletin, the city had a positivity rate of 0.41 per cent.
It said 100 people recovered from the infection in the last 24 hours and the total recoveries have gone up 18,37,742. The death toll is 26,150 and the case fatality rate is 1.40 per cent.
Few states and union territories have responded to the Centre’s requests to furnish details on COVID-19 mortalities due to oxygen shortage and none of them have reported confirmed deaths due to it, Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar informed Parliament said on Friday.
The government maintains data of COVID-19 cases and deaths reported by states and union territories.
Accordingly, the Union government has requested states and union territories to furnish details of suspected deaths due to oxygen shortage, Pawar said in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha.
