India’s Covid-19 death toll reaches 381,903
People shop at a crowded market after the authorities eased a lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus, in New Delhi on June 16, 2021. (Photo by PRAKASH SINGH/AFP via Getty Images)
By:
Pramod Kumar
INDIA reported on Thursday (17) 67,208 new Covid-19 infections over the past 24 hours, data from the health ministry showed.
The South Asian country’s total Covid-19 case load now stands at 29.70 million, while total fatalities are at 381,903, the data showed. India’s coronavirus-related deaths rose by 2,330 overnight.
The active cases declined to 826,740 comprising 2.78 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate has improved to 95.93 per cent.
A net decline of 38,692 cases has been recorded in the Covid-19 caseload in the last 24 hours.
As many as 1,931,249 tests were conducted on Wednesday (16) taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of Covid-19 in the country to 385,238,220.
The daily positivity rate was recorded 3.48 per cent . It has been less than five per cent for the 10th consecutive day, the ministry said, adding the weekly positivity rate has declined to 3.99 per cent.
Recoveries continue to outnumber daily new cases for more than a month.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 28,491,670, while the case fatality rate has increased to 1.29 per cent, the data showed.
Cumulatively, 265,519,251 Covid-19 vaccine doses have been administered so far under the Nationwide Vaccination Drive.
The 2,330 new fatalities include 1,236 from Maharashtra, 270 from Tamil Nadu, 148 from Karnataka and 147 from Kerala.
The most number of deaths due to Covid-19 happened in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.
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