India’s active Covid cases below 2% of total for first time

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New Delhi (NVI): For the first time, active Covid-19 cases in India have dipped below 2 per cent of the total caseload. The share of active cases within the total positive cases has shrunk to 1.98 per cent now, according to the latest data available with the Health Ministry.

India continues on its steady trajectory of reporting a sustained downfall in the daily new cases and consequential decline in the active cases.

Apart from that, daily fatalities in the country are also registering a consistent decline. India has recorded less than 300 daily deaths for the last 23 days, as per the ministry.

Six states and UTs have reported 66.30% of the 181 case fatalities in the past 24 hours. Maharashtra has reported 52 deaths. Kerala saw a fatality count of 27 while West Bengal reported 15 new deaths.

In the last 24 hours, 15,144 daily cases have been recorded. The Active Caseload of the country has fallen to 2,08,826. The daily new cases have been below 20,000 for the past 10 days.

In the last 24 hours, 15,144 daily cases have been recorded. The Active Caseload of the country has fallen to 2,08,826. The daily new cases have been below 20,000 for the past 10 days.

17,170 new recoveries were registered during the last 24 hours.The share of recovered cases stands at 96.58%. The total recovered cases are 10,196,885. They exceed the active cases by 99,88,059 (48.83 times more).

80.53% of the new recovered cases are observed from 10 States/UTs.

Kerala has reported the highest number of recoveries with 5,011 newly recovered cases in a single day. 3,039 people recovered in Maharashtra in the past 24 hours followed by 930 inUttar Pradesh.

81% of the new cases are from 8 States and UTs.

Meanwhile, Kerala continues to report the highest daily new cases at 5,960. It is followed by Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu with 2,910 and 610 new cases, respectively.

-ARK