New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry on Wednesday informed that the nation has reported less than 20,000 Covid cases for the second day in a row. India reported 18,870 new cases which is just marginally higher than yesterday’s figures.
The Health Ministry further added that “The country saw a jump in daily deaths over a 24-hour period – from 179 deaths yesterday, it touched 378 today.” Out of 18,000-odd Covid cases, Kerala alone accounts for 11,196 of them. The state continues to report a high daily caseload.
The numbers have recently come down from the earlier 20,000 figure. The deaths in the state have jumped from 58 yesterday to 149 today. The daily positivity rate – the number of positive cases identified per 100 – stands at 1.25 percent less than 3 percent for the last 30 days.
According to the information, with 1,630 cases, Tamil Nadu is the second southern state after Kerala with a high daily Covid-19 caseload. Rajasthan, Gujarat, Bihar – the three big states – reported zero Covid deaths. Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand also reported zero Covid deaths.
The Union Health Ministry has administered more than 87.66 cr vaccine doses to protect people from coronavirus infection.
(_Vinayak.Barot)