In a big relief, at least 17 States and Union Territories have not reported any new Covid-19 fatality, while 13 States and UTs have reported between 1 and 5 new deaths due to the infections in the last 24 hours on Friday, indicating a significant decline in the spread of the disease which has swept the worldover for more than a year.
India’s total Covid-19 active caseload currently stands at 1.36 lakh (1,36,571) comprising just 1.25 per cent of the total infections while a total of 1,06,00,625 people have recovered so far with 11,395 patients getting discharged in a day.
The Ministry said 81.93 per cent of the new recovered cases are observed to be concentrated in six states with Kerala reporting the maximum number of single-day recoveries, with 5,332 newly-recovered cases. A total o f2,422 people recovered in Maharashtra in the past 24 hours, followed by 486 in Tamil Nadu.
A total 12,143 daily new cases registered in a span of 24 hours, it said, adding that 86.01 per cent of the new cases are from six states.
Kerala continues to report the highest daily new cases at 5,397, followed by Maharashtra with 3,670, while Tamil Nadu reported 483 new cases.
Further, 103 deaths were recorded in a span of 24 hours. Six states account for 80.58 per cent of the new deaths. Maharashtra saw the maximum of 36 casualties. Kerala follows with 18 daily deaths, while Karnataka and Punjab reported 8 deaths each.
For over two weeks, the country has recorded less than 15,000 new infections daily. Also, the daily Covid-19 death toll has been below the 200-mark for more than a month now.
On February 9, India had reported 9,110 new cases, the lowest this year so far. Last year, the lowest 9,633 cases were recorded on June 3.
The recovery rate has increased to 97.32 per cent, while the fatality rate is down to 1.43 per cent. The ministry also informed that 7,43,614 samples were tested on Friday.