India Sees 18,987 New COVID-19 Cases, 11,079 Cases Recorded In Kerala

Mumbai: India has reported 18,987 new COVID-19 cases and 246 deaths in the last 24 hours. Kerala recorded over 58% of the new cases in the country and 50% of the daily deaths as the state reported 11,079 cases and 123 deaths on Wednesday.

The death toll rose to 4,51,435 with 246 fresh deaths, showed data updated at 8 am.

The daily increase in new coronavirus infections has been less than 30,000 for 20 consecutive days and less than 50,000 daily new cases for 109 days in a row.

The ministry said the active cases have come down to 2,06,586, the lowest in 215 days, comprising 0.61 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid recovery rate has been recorded at 98.07 per cent.

A decrease of 1067 cases has been registered in the active Covid caseload in a period of 24 hours.

A total of 13,01,083 tests were conducted on Wednesday, taking the cumulative number of tests conducted so far for the detection of COVID-19 in the country to 58,76,64,525.

The number of people cured of the disease rose to 3,33,62,709, while the death rate was recorded at 1.33 per cent.

According to the Health Ministry, the daily positivity rate was recorded at 1.46 per cent and the weekly positivity rate was 1.44 per cent.

Under the nationwide vaccination campaign, more than 96.82 crore COVID vaccine doses have been given in the country so far.

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