Amid the possible threat of the fourth wave of the coronavirus pandemic, India on Monday logged 17,073 new infections, a 45 per cent jump from Sunday when 11,739 people tested positive for Covid.
The death toll climbed to 5,25,020 with 21 fresh fatalities, data updated at 8 A.M. by the Ministry stated.
There were — six from Kerala, five from Maharashtra, four from Delhi, two each from Goa and Punjab and one each from Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) and Uttar Pradesh.
The active cases in the country stood at 94,420. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 5.62 per cent, while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 3.39 per cent, it stated. The daily positivity crossed 5 per cent after a gap of 139 days.
In the last 24 hours, a total of five patients infected with Covid-19 in Mumbai lost their lives. This is the highest single-day deaths reported since February 7, when the city witnessed five deaths out of 356 registered cases. Of the five deceased, four were above the age of 70 years with comorbidities. Delhi saw yet another jump in cases with 1,891 cases recorded on Sunday as compared to 666 infections recorded a day before. Kerala, too, has been another State where the rise in cases has been worrying.
The active cases increased to 94,420, comprising 0.22 per cent of the total infections. The national Covid recovery rate was recorded at 98.57 per cent, the Ministry said.
An increase of 1,844 cases was recorded in the active Covid case count in a span of 24 hours, as per the data.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,27,87,606, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.21 per cent.
According to the Ministry, 197.11 crore doses of vaccine have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide Covid-19 inoculation drive.
India’s Covid tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7 in 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 cases on May 4, 2021, three crore on June 23 and four crore cases on January 25 this year.