10,197 new cases of corona, number of patients under treatment decreased further

According to the updated data released by the Union Health Ministry at 8 am on Wednesday, the death toll rose to 4,64,153 after 301 more deaths due to infection. The daily cases of Covid-19in the country for 40 consecutive days are less than 20 thousand and for 143 days less than 50 thousand daily cases are being reported.

The number of patients under treatment has also come down to 1 lakh, 28 thousand, 555, which is 0.37 percent of the total cases. This rate is the lowest since March 2020. In the last 24 hours, there has been a decrease in the number of patients under treatment by 2,238. The national recovery rate of patients is 98.28 percent, which is the highest since March 2020.

According to the data, the daily infection rate is 0.82 per cent, which is less than two per cent for the last 44 days. At the same time, the weekly infection rate is 0.96 percent, which has remained less than two percent for the last 54 days. So far, a total of 3,38,73,890 people have become infection free and the death rate from Covid-19is 1.35 percent. So far, more than 113.68 crore doses of anti-COVID-19 vaccines have been administered under the nationwide immunization drive.

The number of infected in the country had crossed 20 lakh on August 7 last year, 30 lakh on August 23 and more than 40 lakh on September 5. At the same time, the total cases of infection had crossed 50 lakh on 16 September, 60 lakh on 28 September, 70 lakh on 11 October, 80 lakh on 29 October and 90 lakh on 20 November. In the country, these cases crossed one crore on December 19, crossed two crore on May 4 this year and crossed three crore on June 23.

According to ministry data, out of 301 people who died in the country in the last 24 hours, 210 were from Kerala and 34 from Maharashtra. According to the press release issued by the Kerala government on Tuesday, out of 210 cases reported in the state, 39 were reported in the last few days. At the same time, 171 cases of death have been added to the cases of death from Covid-19based on the new guidelines of the Center and the Supreme Court.

According to the data, a total of 4,64,153 people have died due to infection in the country so far, out of which 1,40,636 in Maharashtra, 38,153 in Karnataka, 36,311 in Tamil Nadu, 36,087 in Kerala, 25,095 in Delhi, 22,909 in Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal had 19,333 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).