On Wednesday, India’s daily Covid-19 cases surpassed 3,000 for the second time, with 3,205 new cases reported in the previous 24 hours. The daily spike has now surpassed 3K for the sixth time in the last seven days. Yesterday, India reported 2,568 cases.
Here are the top five recent updates on the Covid-19 situation in India.
The number of active cases has surpassed 19,500 once more.
India’s active Covid-19 cases also increased by 372 in the last 24 hours touching the 19,500-mark for the second time this week. The active cases now stand at 19,509 or 0.04 per cent of the total cases. Active cases fell to 19,137 on the previous day.
In the last 24 hours, there have been 31 new deaths.
According to health ministry data, 31 new Covid-related deaths were reported in the last 24 hours, bringing the total death toll to 5,23,920 since the outbreak began.
Delhi continues to be the largest contributor.
According to data shared by the city health department, 1,414 new cases were reported on Tuesday, up 31% from the previous day, though the positivity rate fell to 5.97%. The disease claimed the life of one person. On the previous day, Delhi had reported 1,076 cases.
Cases of Covid-19 in other states
In the last 24 hours, Maharashtra has seen 182 new cases of Covid-19, with 100 of them reported in Mumbai alone. On Tuesday, 107 cases were reported in Karnataka. In Tamil Nadu, 39 new cases were reported, followed by 34 in Bengal and 23 in Madhya Pradesh. According to information shared by the news agency PTI, 19 new Covid-19 cases have been reported in Jammu and Kashmir, 12 in Gujarat, and 9 in Chhattisgarh.
Update on vaccinations and the recovery of Covid-19
According to health ministry data, over 4.79 lakh vaccine doses were administered in India in the last 24 hours. Over 87 thousand of these were booster vaccine doses. So far, 189.48 crore vaccine doses have been given out as part of the nationwide vaccination campaign.
In the last 24 hours, over 2,800 new recoveries have been reported. On Wednesday, the total number of recoveries reached 4,25,44,689, putting the national recovery rate at 98.74 percent.
