India reports 30,256 fresh COVID cases in last 24 hours; Kerala adds 19,653 infections

India logged 30,256 new COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours on Monday. This is 1.7% lower than previous day's figure on Sunday, said Union Health Ministry. total number of COVID cases in country is w 3,34,78,419.

COVID cases in India

In previous 24 hours, India's active caseload has decreased by 13,977 cases, bringing it to 3,18,181 cases. On Monday, country recorded 295 COVD deaths in  24-hour period, bringing total number of deaths to 4,45,133. In or upshots, 43,938 patients recovered from COVID-19 in same 24 hours, bringing total number of recoveries to 3,27,15,105 nationwide. recovery rate in India is w at 97.72%. In same 24-hour period, a total of 11,77,607 samples were tested for COVID-19.

COVID-19 situation in India

Kerala, with 19,653 cases, Maharashtra, with 3,413 cases, Tamil Nadu with 1,697 cases, Andhra Pradesh with 1,337 cases, and Karnataka with 783 cases, are five states with most cases on Monday. se five states alone accounted for 88.86% of new cases recorded on Monday, with Kerala accounting for 64.96% of new cases, said health ministry. Kerala had most COVID-19 casualties on Monday (152), followed by Maharashtra with 49 daily deaths.

India COVID vaccination

In previous 24 hours, India has given out a total of 37,78,296 COVID-19 vaccine doses, raising total number of doses given out under nationwide vaccination push to 80,85,68,144.   Centre advised states and union territories to boost health facilities and speed up immunisation effort during a high-level conference on Saturday to assess COVID manment throughout country. Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba stated, "re is room for complacency."

Union Health Ministry anunced on Sunday that over 78.58 crore COVID-19 vaccination doses have been delivered to states and UTs. In addition, more than 1.16 crore doses are in pipeline. Over 5.16 crore balance and unused vaccination doses are still available with states and UTs to be administered, according to ministry. Meanwhile, Department of Health in Tamil Nadu anunced on Sunday that second mega vaccination programme vaccinated 16,43,879 persons, exceeding target of 15 lakh people over of 18.

(with inputs from ANI/PTI)

Im: PTI