new Delhi: After 10,273 new cases of corona virus infection were reported in India in a day, the number of people infected so far increased to 4,29,16,117, while the number of patients under treatment fell to 1,11,472. The Union Health Ministry gave this information on Sunday morning. According to the ministry’s updated data at 8 am, the total death toll in the country rose to 5,13,724 after 243 more patients died of the infection.
The daily cases of COVID-19 in the country have remained less than one lakh for 21 consecutive days. At present, 1,11,472 people are undergoing treatment for corona virus infection in the country and this number is 0.26 percent of the total cases. In the last 24 hours, there was a decrease in the number of patients under treatment by 10,409. The national recovery rate of patients has increased to 98.54 percent. As per the updated data, the daily rate of infection was recorded at 1.00 per cent and the weekly rate at 1.26 per cent. A total of 4,22,70,482 people have become infection free in the country so far and the death rate from COVID-19 is 1.20 percent.
At the same time, more than 177.44 crore doses of anti-Covid-19 vaccines have been given so far under the nationwide vaccination campaign. 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.
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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 crossed four crores.
According to the ministry’s data, 243 people died of infection in the last 24 hours in the country, out of which 181 patients died in Kerala, while 19 people died in Karnataka due to the epidemic. According to the data, a total of 5,13,724 people have died due to COVID-19 in the country so far, out of which 1,43,695 in Maharashtra, 65,161 in Kerala, 39,919 in Karnataka, 38,002 in Tamil Nadu, 26,119 in Delhi, 23,450 in Uttar Pradesh. And in West Bengal 21,172 people 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). (agency)