With 30,548 new Covid-19 infections reported in the last 24 hours, India registered lowest increase in daily infections in last four months, a big relief to the authorities despite fear of a sharp surge in the cases post-Diwali.
The total number of cases stands at 88,45,127. With 435 new deaths reported in the last 24 hours, the toll has mounted to 1,30,070, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday.
“Daily new cases numbering 30,548 is a historic low that assumes significance given many countries in Europe and America are experiencing a continuous steep rise in daily new cases,” said the Ministry.
The number of total active cases stands at 4,65,478 after a decrease of 13,738 while the total discharged cases stand at 82,49,579 with 43,851 new discharges in the last 24 hours.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), a total of 12,56,98,525 samples have been tested for Covid-19 up to November 15, of these 8,61,706 samples were tested on Sunday.
The Recovery Rate has improved to 93.27 per cent on Monday. Also, 78.59 per cent of the recovered cases reported in the last 24 hours are from ten States/UTs. Delhi saw the greatest number of recoveries as 7,606 confirmed cases recovered. Kerala registered 6,684 daily recoveries while West Bengal followed by reporting 4,480 new recoveries.
The Ministry said 76.63 per cent of the new cases have been reported from ten States/UTs. Kerala recorded 4,581 new cases. Delhi which saw a surge in new cases over the last few days reported only 3,235 new cases yesterday, followed closely by West Bengal which reported 3,053 new cases. There has been a significant rise in the number of containment zones as authorities have created over 1,000 new such zones in the last 15 days, according to Delhi Government data.
Similarly, 78.85 per cent of the 435 new deaths are concentrated in ten States/UTs. About a fifth, 21.84 per cent of new fatalities reported are from Delhi which reported 95 deaths, overtaking Maharashtra. Maharashtra reported 60 fatalities.
The other worst-hit States are Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Uttar Pradesh. At least, 14 States/UTs have death per million higher than national average of 94 while 13 States/UTs have a Case Fatality Rate higher than National Average.