New Delhi: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Wednesday updated that India has recorded 1,84,372 new COVID-19 cases, and 1,027 deaths in the last 24 hours. The country has also reported 82,339 discharges. As per the updates from the Health Ministry, total cases at present stand at 1,38,73,825; total recoveries at 1,23,36,036 and active cases at 13,65,704.
India reports 1,84,372 new #COVID19 cases, 82,339 discharges and 1,027 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per Union Health Ministry
Total cases: 1,38,73,825
Total recoveries: 1,23,36,036
Active cases: 13,65,704
Death toll: 1,72,085Total vaccination: 11,11,79,578 pic.twitter.com/8fiNUNDp6W
— ANI (@ANI) April 14, 2021
Registering a steady increase for the 35th day in a row, the active cases increased to 13,65,704, comprising 9.84 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has dropped to 88.92 per cent.
The active caseload was at its lowest at 1, 35,926 on February 12 and it was at its highest at 10,17,754 on September 18, 2020.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,23,36,036,while the case fatality rate has further dropped to 1.24 per cent, the data stated.
According to the ICMR, 26,06,18,866 samples have been tested up to April 13 with 14,11,758 samples being tested on Tuesday.
On Tuesday, the country had reported 1,61,736 new Covid-19 cases, setting another grim one-day record, taking the overall tally to 1,36,89,453.
With this, India has once again taken its spot as the second-worst hit nation in terms of infections after the US.
In the same period, an additional 879 people succumbed to the disease, which increased the total death toll to 1,71,058.
India is now the fourth-worst Covid affected country worldwide after the number of active cases rose to 12,64,698.
A total of 40,04,521 people were vaccinated also in the same period, taking the total inoculation count to 10,85,33,085.
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