The Health Ministry noted that India’s figure for deaths per million population is 109

Maintaining a streak of reporting very low daily new cases, India has recorded only 18,139 new positive Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours.



“The steady fall in the new cases has ensured the contraction of the Total Active Cases,” the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said in a statement.



The active caseload of the country stands at 2,25,449 on Friday. This has led to the shrinking of Active Cases in the total Positive Cases to 2.16 percent, said the statement.



Of the total active cases observed in the last 24 hours, 81.22 percent are from 10 states and Union Territories (UTs).



Kerala continues to report the highest daily new cases at 5,051 followed by Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh with 3,729 and 1,010 new cases, respectively.



In the last 24 hours, 20,539 recoveries have been recorded and a net decline of 2,634 cases from the total active caseload was registered.

Notably, the total recoveries have crossed the 1 crore mark recently. It stands at 10,037,398. The Recovery Rate has also increased to 96.39 percent.

Of the recovered cases in the last 24 hours, 79.96 percent are observed to be concentrated in 10 States/UTs.

Kerala has reported the maximum number of single-day recoveries with 5,639 newly recovered cases while 3,350 people recovered in Maharashtra in the past 24 hours followed by 1,295 in West Bengal.

Meanwhile, 234 case fatalities have been reported in the past 24 hours with 8 States/UTs accounting for 76.50 percent of new deaths.

Maharashtra saw the maximum casualties with 72 deaths in the last 24 hours followed by Kerala and Delhi with 25 and 19 daily deaths, respectively.

The Health Ministry noted that India’s figure for deaths per million population is 109. It pointed out that 18 States and UTs have deaths per million population lower than the national average.

On the other hand, 17 States/UTs have deaths per million higher than the national average. Delhi has the maximum number of deaths per million population which stands at 569.

According to the Health Ministry, the total number of cases infected with the new strain of the novel Coronavirus, first reported in the UK, now stands at 82.