Continuing with the upward trend in new Covid-19 cases, daily coronavirus infections in India surpassed 5,000 for the first time in 93 days. The total number of Covid-19 cases stood at 4,31,90,282, with 28,857 active cases.
In a 24-hour period, 5,233 infections were registered, while the death toll rose to 5,24,715 with seven new fatalities, according to figures updated early morning on Wednesday.
Maharashtra recorded 2,701 new Covid-19 cases, more than half of the total national tally and the highest in nearly four months in the State, of which, 1,765 patients were from Mumbai. Maharashtra also reported one case of B.A.5 variant on Tuesday.
The total active cases in the country comprise 0.07 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate was 98.72 per cent, the Ministry said.
An increase of 1,881 cases has been recorded in the active Covid-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 1.67 percent while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 1.12 per cent, according to the ministry. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,26,36,710, 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 194.43 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 seven new fatalities include five from Kerala and one each from Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.
A total of 5,24,715 deaths have been reported so far in the country including 1,47,866 from Maharashtra, 69,801 from Kerala, 40,108 from Karnataka, 38,025 from Tamil Nadu, 26,213 from Delhi, 23,523 from Uttar Pradesh and 21,205 from West Bengal.
The ministry stressed that more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities.