India's COVID-19 active caseload falls below 5 lakh

Crossing ar "milestone" in fight against pandemic,  COVID-19 active caselo in India has fallen below 5 lakh-mark for first time after 106 days and comprises merely 5.73 per cent of  total cases, Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday.

Seventy per cent of 44,281 new coronavirus infections reported in a span of 24 hours are from ten states and UTs with Delhi continuing to report highest daily new cases at 7,830. It is followed by Kerala with 6,010 cases, ministry said.

re are 4,94,657 active cases of coronavirus infections as on date. It was 4,96,988 on July 28.

"This also indicates a sustained trend of declining active cases in country. It assumes higher significance in context of several countries across globe reporting a surge in number of new cases," ministry said.

This landmark achievement has been me possible by Centre's sustained, gred and targeted strategies, ir effective implementation by states and UTs, dedicated and selfless service of doctors and all or COVID-19 warriors, it said.

Twenty-seven states and UTs have less than 20,000 active cases, ministry highlighted.

"Just 8 states and UTs have more than 20,000 cases; two states (Maharashtra and Kerala) have active cases more than 50,000," ministry said.

A total of 44,281 new cases have been reported in a span of 24 hours while 50,326 cases have recovered during this period. This is 39th day of daily recoveries exceeding daily new cases,  ministry underlined.

total COVID-19 recoveries have crossed 80 lakh mark. number of total recoveries as on date is 80,13,783 and exceed active cases by 75,19,126. recovery rate has increased to 92.79 per cent, ministry said.

In ar milestone, India has carried out over 12 crore cumulative tests with 11,53,294 tests being conducted in a span of 24 hours.

trend of daily low cases has been me possible by an exponential increase in testing infrastructure.  ministry said that 77 per cent of new recovered cases are observed to be concentrated in 10 states and UTs.

Maharashtra has reported maximum number of single-day recoveries with 6,718 newly recovered cases closely followed by 6,698 figure achieved by Kerala. y are followed by 6,157 recoveries in Delhi.

Ten states and UTs account for 79 per cent of COVID-19 fatalities. A total of 512 case fatalities have been reported in a span of 24 hours.  Maharashtra saw most casualties at 110. Delhi and West Bengal follow with 83 and 53 new deaths, respectively.

India's COVID-19 caselo mounted to 86,36,011 with  44,281 people testing positive for infection in a span of 24 hours, while  death toll climbed to 1,27,571 with 512 new fatalities, data updated at 8 am showed. 

(Im: PTI)