COVID-19: India's total tally at 2.86 lakh, fresh cases down to 22.02 lakh

With 2,86,384 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,03,71,500.

The death toll has climbed to 4,91,700 with 573 fresh fatalities, the Union Health Ministry data updated at 8 am on Thursday stated.

The active cases have decreased to 22,02,472 and comprise 5.46 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has decreased to 93.33 per cent.

A decline of 20,546 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.

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“The daily positivity rate was recorded at 19.59 per cent, while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 17.75 per cent,” according to the ministry.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 3,76,77,328, and the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.22 per cent.

The cumulative doses administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive has exceeded 163.84 crore.

India’s COVID-19 tally surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19. India crossed the grim milestone of two crore on May 4 and three crore on June 23.

The 573 new fatalities include 140 from Kerala and 79 from Maharashtra.

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A total of 4,91,700 deaths have been reported so far in the country including 1,42,316 from Maharashtra, 52,281 from Kerala, 38,705 from Karnataka, 37,359 from Tamil Nadu, 25,710 from Delhi, 23,106 from Uttar Pradesh, and 20,445 from West Bengal.

The ministry stressed that more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities.

(With inputs from Agencies)