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1,109 New Covid Cases reported in India, marginally higher than yesterday
New Delhi, Apr 8: India logged 1,109 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,30,33,067, while the active cases dipped to 11,492, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday.
The death toll climbed to 5,21,573 with 43 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.
The active cases comprise 0.03 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate remained at 98.76 per cent, the ministry said. A reduction of 147 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
The daily positivity rate was recorded as 0.24 per cent and the weekly positivity rate as 0.23 per cent, according to the ministry.
The
number
of
people
who
have
recuperated
from
the
disease
surged
to
4,25,00,002,
while
the
case
fatality
rate
was
recorded
at
1.21
per
cent.
The cumulative doses administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive has exceeded 185.38 crore.
India's
COVID-19
tally
had
crossed
the
20-lakh
mark
on
August
7,
2020,
30
lakh
on
August
23,
40
lakh
on
September
5
and
50
lakh
on
September
16.
It
went
past
60
lakh
on
September
28,
70
lakh
on
October
11,
crossed
80
lakh
on
October
29,
90
lakh
on
November
20
and
surpassed
the
one-crore
mark
on
December
19.
The
country
crossed
the
grim
milestone
of
two
crore
on
May
4
and
three
crore
on
June
23
last
year.
The 43 new fatalities include 36 from Kerala.
A total of 5,21,573 deaths have been reported so far in the country including 1,47,806 from Maharashtra, 68,264 from Kerala, 40,056 from Karnataka, 38,025 from Tamil Nadu, 26,155 from Delhi, 23,498 from Uttar Pradesh and 21,200 from West Bengal.
The ministry stressed that more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities.
"Our figures are being reconciled with the Indian Council of Medical Research," the ministry said on its website, adding that state-wise distribution of figures is subject to further verification and reconciliation.
