new Delhi: After 4,184 new cases of corona virus infection were reported in India in a day, the total number of infected people increased to 4,29,80,067, while the number of patients under treatment fell to 44,488. According to the updated data of the Union Health Ministry till 8 am on Thursday, the total number of dead has reached 5,15,459 after 104 more patients lost their lives due to the epidemic. The number of patients under treatment is 0.10 percent of the total cases of infection, while the national rate of recovery from COVID-19 has increased to 98.70 percent.
According to the data, a decrease of 2,474 cases has been registered in the number of patients under treatment for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. The daily rate of infection was recorded at 0.48 percent while the weekly infection rate was recorded at 0.58 percent. The number of people recovering from this disease has increased to 4,24,20,120 and the death rate was recorded at 1.20 percent. So far, more than 179.53 crore doses have been given under the nationwide anti-COVID-19 vaccination campaign.
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It is noteworthy that on 7 August 2020, the number of infected in the country had exceeded 20 lakh, on 23 August 2020, 30 lakh and on 5 September 2020, more than 40 lakh. The total cases of infection crossed 50 lakh on 16 September 2020, 60 lakh on 28 September 2020, 70 lakh on 11 October 2020, 80 lakh on 29 October 2020 and 90 lakh on 20 November. On 19 December 2020, these cases had crossed one crore in the country. Last year, on May 4, the number of infected had crossed 20 million and on June 23, 2021, crossed 30 million. On January 26 this year, the cases had crossed four crores.
According to the ministry, out of 104 patients who lost their lives in the last 24 hours in the country, 88 died in Kerala. A total of 5,15,459 people have died due to this epidemic, out of which 1,43,745 in Maharashtra, 66,462 in Kerala, 40,006 in Karnataka, 38,021 in Tamil Nadu, 26,140 in Delhi, 23,486 in Uttar Pradesh and 21,182 in West Bengal. died.
The Health Ministry said that out of those who have died due to corona virus infection so far, more than 70 percent of the patients also had other diseases. The ministry said on its website that its data is being matched with the data of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).