16,103 New Covid Cases In India

31 Virus-Related Deaths!


The cases of the deadly Covid-19 are fluctuating in the country, India is witnessing an up-down count in the daily Covid-19 cases.


India logged 16,103 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,35,02,429, while the active cases increased to 1,11,711, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday.

The death count climbed to 5,25,199 with 31 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.


The active cases comprise 0.26 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.54 per cent, the ministry said.



An increase of 2,143 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.



The daily positivity rate was recorded at 4.27 percent while the weekly positivity rate was 3.81 per cent, according to the ministry.



The 31 new fatalities include 14 from Kerala, five from Maharashtra, three from West Bengal, two each from Delhi, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh and one each from Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Mizoram.


A total of 5,25,199 deaths have been reported so far in the country including  1,47,934 from Maharashtra, 70,037 from Kerala, 40,119 from Karnataka, 38,026 from Tamil Nadu, 26,266 from Delhi, 23,540 from Uttar Pradesh and 21,222 from West Bengal.

 

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