There are 1,69,824 energetic coronavirus instances within the nation at present, which account for only one.58 per cent of the full variety of instances, the ministry’s information up to date at 8 am confirmed. The COVID-19 case fatality price stood at 1.44 per cent, it said. In keeping with the ICMR, a complete of 19,58,37,408 samples have up to now been examined for the viral illness throughout the nation, together with 7,56,329 on Friday.
India’s Covid-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7 final yr, the 30-lakh mark on August 23 and the 40-lakh mark on September 5. It went previous 50 lakh on September 16, 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and the one-crore mark on December 19.
The 137 newest fatalities embody 56 from Maharashtra, 22 from Kerala, 11 from Punjab, seven from West Bengal, six from Delhi and 4 from Uttar Pradesh.
Of the full 1,54,147 Covid-19 deaths reported up to now within the nation, Maharashtra accounts for the very best variety of 51,000, adopted by Tamil Nadu (12,345), Karnataka (12,211), Delhi (10,841), West Bengal (10,155), Uttar Pradesh (8,646), Andhra Pradesh (7,152), Punjab (5,601) and Gujarat (4,385).
The well being ministry careworn that greater than 70 per cent of the Covid-19 deaths within the nation occurred attributable to comorbidities. “Our figures are being reconciled with the Indian Council of Medical Analysis (ICMR),” the ministry mentioned on its web site, including {that a} state-wise distribution of the figures is topic to additional verification and reconciliation.