16,167 New Covid cases In India…

41 Virus-Related Deaths


The cases of deadly coronavirus are fluctuating. The Covid-19 count in India has touched 16,167 whereas 41 are the deaths related to the infection. 


On Sunday, the union health ministry data updated, the total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,41,61,899, while the active cases have increased to 1,35,510. 


The death count has climbed to 5,26,730 with 41 deaths including 15 mortalities reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated.


The active cases comprise 0.31 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.50 per cent, the ministry said.


The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,34,99,659, while the

case fatality rate was 1.19 per cent.  


According to the ministry,206.56 crore doses of Covid vaccine have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive.  

 

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.

 

As per the information, The 26 new fatalities include four from Karnataka, three from Gujarat, two each from Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Odisha, Punjab and West Bengal and one each from Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.

 

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