COVID CASES OF INDIA DROPPED TO 6.5%

 (The Quiver)New cases of covid-19 everyday seemed to outnumber its initial recorded number across the country. But today data of Union Health Ministry brought somewhat a relieving news for the country. According to the data of Union Health Ministry on Tuesday, India registered 1,68,063 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, 6.5 per cent lower than yesterday. With this, the total caseload in the country rose to 3,58,75,790.

Top five states which have registered maximum cases are Maharashtra with 33,470 cases, followed by West Bengal with 19,286 cases, Delhi with 19,166 cases, Tamil Nadu with 13,990 cases and Karnataka with 11,698 cases. 58.08 per cent of the new cases are reported from these five states, with Maharashtra alone responsible for 19.92 per cent of the new cases.

In the last 24 hours, 277 deaths were reported in the country, increasing the total reported death count to 4,84,213. Maximum casualties were reported in Kerala (166), followed by Delhi with 17 daily deaths.

India’s recovery rate now stands at 96.36 per cent. A total of 69,959 patients recovered in the last 24 hours, which brings the total recoveries to 3,45,70,131 across the country.

India’s active caseload stands at 8,21,446. In the last 24 hours, active cases increased by 97,827. A total of 15,79,928 samples were tested for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours. Meanwhile, the Omicron tally in the country has risen to 4,461.

On the vaccination front, India has administered a total of 92,07,700 doses in the last 24 hours, which brings the total tally of doses administered to 1,52,89,70,294.

On Monday, India started administering the ‘precaution dose’ or booster dose of Covid-19 vaccine to healthcare and frontline workers and people with comorbidities aged 60 and above.