The alarming rise in daily Covid-19 cases and deaths in India has continued – The number of active cases crossed 3 million for the first time since the beginning of the ongoing pandemic. In the last 24 hours, 3.97 lakh fresh cases, and 3,956 deaths have been recorded – the highest in a single day.
The death toll increased to 2,04,832 with a record 3,645 daily new fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday.
Registering a steady increase, the active cases have increased to 30,84,814 comprising 16.79 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate has further dropped to 82.10 per cent.
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The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1, 50, 86,878. The case fatality rate has further dropped to 1.11 per cent, the data stated.
India's Covid-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16.It went past 60 lakh on September 28,
70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19.India crossed the grim milestone of 1.50 crore on April 19.
According to the ICMR, 28,44,71,979 samples have been tested up to April 28 with 17,68,190 samples being tested on Wednesday.
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On Wednesday, the government extended the Covid-19 vaccination drive to a larger and younger population group by opening up registrations on the Co-WIN platform to those in the 18-44 age bracket. By the end of the day, the number of registrations touched almost 1.33 crore.
With PTI inputs
