New Delhi (SunstarTV Bureau): India on Tuesday recorded 10,064 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours which counts the lowest single day spike in last eight months, informed the Union Health Minister.
With this the overall tally of Covid-19 cases touched to 1,05,81,837 till now. Meanwhile, the country has been recording less than 20,000 daily new cases for the past 12 days. Similarly, daily toll has been recorded below 300 marks for the last 25 days.
📍Total #COVID19 Cases in India (as on January 19, 2021)
▶️96.66% Cured/Discharged/Migrated (1,02,28,753)
▶️1.90% Active cases (2,00,528)
▶️1.44% Deaths (1,52,556)Total COVID-19 confirmed cases = Cured/Discharged/Migrated+Active cases+Deaths#StaySafe pic.twitter.com/uUasikAIkF
— #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) January 19, 2021
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said 137 deaths were reported in the past 24 hours taking the toll to 1,52,556.
As per the Ministry’s data, 1,02,28,753 people have recovered so far and currently there are 2,00,528 active cases. The recovery rate stands at 96.59 per cent, while the fatality rate is 1.44 per cent.
About 81 per cent of the daily new cases are being reported from eight states. In a random order these are Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat.
Maharashtra, Kerala, West Bengal, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh have logged 66 per cent of the total daily deaths.
