new Delhi: After 1,259 new cases of COVID-19 (Corona Updates in India) were reported in India in a day, the number of corona virus (COVID-19 Pandemic) infected in the country increased to 4,30,21,982. At the same time, the number of patients under treatment has come down to 15,378. According to the updated data released by the Union Health Ministry at 8 am on Tuesday, after 35 more deaths in the country, the death toll due to the infection increased to 5,21,070.
The number of patients under treatment for COVID-19 in the country has come down to 15,378, which is 0.04 percent of the total cases. In the last 24 hours, there was a decrease of 481 in the number of patients under treatment. The national recovery rate of patients is 98.75 percent. According to the updated data, the daily rate of infection is 0.22 percent and the weekly rate is 0.25 percent. So far, more than 78.79 crore samples have been tested for COVID-19 in the country, out of which 5,77,559 samples were tested in the last 24 hours.
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India registers 1,259 new #COVID19 cases, 35 deaths, and 1,705 recoveries, in the last 24 hours; Active cases stand at 15,378 pic.twitter.com/ZB8Y8aG4l1
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So far, a total of 4,24,85,534 people have become infection free in the country and the death rate from COVID-19 is 1.21 percent. At the same time, more than 183.53 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.
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, it crossed 30 million. On January 26 this year, the cases had crossed four crores. According to ministry data, 35 cases of death due to infection were reported in the country in the last 24 hours, out of which 25 cases were from Kerala.
According to the data, so far 5,21,070 people have died due to infection in the country, out of which 1,47,780 in Maharashtra, 67,822 in Kerala, 40,051 in Karnataka, 38,025 in Tamil Nadu, 26,151 in Delhi, 23,494 in Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. K had 21,197 people.
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).