With less than 14 Thousand new covid cases 24 hours, India active count drops below two lakh
New Delhi: India recorded 13,405 new Covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours, and the Active caseload of the country – has now dropped below 2 lakh, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare data updated on Tuesday (February 22, 2022).
The active cases dropped to 1,81,075 on Tuesday. The active count now accounted for 0.42 percent of the total infections.
According to the official data, more than 5.12 lakh people have died in India and 42,851,929 people have been affected by the virus. At the same time, India’s recovery rate surged to 98.38 percent with 34,226 patient discharges.
Meanwhile, Kerala continued to register the highest number of cases among all states and union territories with 4,069 cases and 87 deaths in the last 24 hours.
All other states in India have recorded less than 1,000 fresh infections.
(_Vinayak)
