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New Delhi: India recorded 10,302 infections in the last 24 hours. The cumulative covid numbers have now reached 3,44,99,925, as reported by PTI. During the same period, the number of active cases declined to 1,24,868 as updated by the Union Health Ministry at 8 am today.
Number of people recovered was recorded at 3,39,09,708. While 267 people succumbed to the infection, recording the death toll 4,65,349. Out of 267 people who died in the last 24 hours, 204 were reported from Kerala whereas 15 were reported from Maharashtra. The case fatality rate was at 1.35 percent.
As per the report, the number of active cases has decreased by 1,752 in the last 24 hours. The national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.29 percent. This rate of recovery is the highest since March last year, said the report.
The daily number of coronavirus cases has been recorded below 20,000 for consecutive 43 days and less than 50,000 146 days in a row.
Out of the 4,65, 349 deaths reported so far in the country, 1,40,707 were from Maharashtra, 38,169 from Tamil Nadu, 25,095 from Delhi, 22,909 from Uttar Pradesh, and 19,364 from West Bengal.
The Health Ministry said around 70 percent of total deaths was due to comorbidities.
At the vaccination front, over 115.79 Covid-19 vaccines have been administered do far
Kerala
As reported by the official website of the Government of Kerala on November 18, the active caseload stood at 62,391. Number of recovered cases was recorded at 7202 while 372 deaths were reported.