With 15,590 new coronavirus infections reported in the last 24 hours, India on Friday continued with its streak of low single-day cases, increasing the overall tally to 1,05,27,683, according to the Union Health Ministry.
On Tuesday, India had recorded 12,584 new cases, the lowest single-day figure in over seven months. The country has been recording less than 20,000 daily new cases from the last eight days.
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said 191 deaths were reported in the past 24 hours taking the death toll to 1,51,918. Since the last 21 days, less than 300 new deaths per day have been recorded in the country.
As per the Ministry data, 1,01,62,738 people have recovered so far and currently there are 2,13,027 active cases. The recovery rate stands at 96.52 per cent, while the fatality rate is 1.44 per cent.
The total number of samples tested up to January 14 were 18,49,62,401, including 7,30,096 tested on Thursday, the Indian Council of Medical Research said.
About 76 per cent of the daily new cases are reported from seven states—Kerala, Maharashtra, Karnataka, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Chhattisgarh and Gujarat.
Delhi on Friday recorded 295 new Covid-19 cases, the lowest in more than eight months, which pushed the caseload to 6,31,884 while the positivity rate slipped to 0.44 per cent, the government said.
The 295 new cases came out of 66,921 tests conducted the previous day, including 38,990 RT-PCR tests and 27,931 rapid antigen tests, according to the latest bulletin issued by the Delhi health department.
There are currently 52,152 active cases in Maharashtra, including 3,145 new on Friday, the state health department informed. The death toll in the state stands at 50,336.
Karnataka has reported 708 new COVID19 cases. A total of 643 people have been discharged and three people lost their lives due to coronavirus pandemic.
There are currently 8,790 active cases in Karnataka, including 9,30,668 total cases. The death toll in the state stands at 12,158. Total 9,09,701 people got discharged so far.
Kerala reported 5,624 new Covid-19 cases, 4,603 recoveries and 23 deaths reported on Friday. Total numbers of active and recovered cases are 67,496 and 7,65,757 respectively, the Kerala government said.
Andhra Pradesh reported 94 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases in the state so far to 8,85,710.
According to the media bulletin released by the Andhra Pradesh Covid-19 Nodal Officer, the active cases are 2,199, while the state reported one death in the last 24 hours.
The bulletin said that 232 persons were discharged in the last 24 hours, taking the count of recovered patients to 8,76,372.