New Delhi: India recorded 2,71,202 new Covid-19 cases, 314 deaths in the last 24 hours, pushing the total death toll to 4,86,066, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Sunday. The active cases stand at 15,50,377.
The active cases now comprise 4.18 percent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has decreased to 94.51 percent.
The 314 new fatalities include 106 from Kerala and 39 from West Bengal. Of the total deaths reported so far in the country, 1,41,779 are from Maharashtra, 50,674 from Kerala, 38,418 from Karnataka, 36,967 from Tamil Nadu, 25,335 from Delhi, 22,953 from Uttar Pradesh, and 20,052 from West Bengal.
Maharashtra, one of the worst-hit states by the Covid pandemic, recorded 42,462 new coronavirus infections, 749 less than the day before, besides 23 deaths. The overall caseload now stands at 71,70,483, and the death count at 1,41,779. Also, 125 new Omicron cases came to light in the state during the day, raising the tally of such infections to 1,730.
Delhi reported 20,718 new Covid cases on Saturday, 15.5 percent lower than the day prior. The positivity rate in the national capital, however, remained at 30.64 percent for the second straight day. The active Covid caseload stands at 93,407.
(_Vinayak)
