The number of coronavirus cases have surged in India for the fifth consecutive day. The country has reported 14,624 new cases in the last 24-hour, taking the overall tally to 1,09,91651, health officials said.
While the cases have seen upward trend, the number of death have maintained their pace. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said that there were 90 more deaths due to the virus in the country in the last 24-hour, pushing the overall death toll to 1,56,302.
In the past one month, the country has been recording less than 15,000 new infections daily with the toll restricting below the 200-mark.
However, the number of coronavirus cases which remained below 10,000 for few days have now surged high since the last five days. On Saturday, 13,993 cases were reported, on February 19, the count of new cases was 13,193, on February 18 it was 12,881, on February 17 it was 11,610, on February 16 the number was 9,121 and February 15 had 11,649 cases.
As per the Ministry’s data, there are 1,45,634 active cases at present after 11,667 patients were discharged in a day. Till now, 1,06,89,715 persons have been discharged so far.
The recovery rate has remained to 97.27 per cent, while the fatality rate is down to 1.42 per cent.
On Saturday, 6,70,050 samples were tested for the novel coronavirus infection. The cumulative tests done by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) so far stands at 21,09,31,530.
Here’re some more updates:
*Australia has begun its coronavirus vacciantion programme. Prime Minister Scott Morrison has become the one of the first Australians to receive a coronavirus vaccine.
*The Chilean government reported on Saturday that 2,827,091 people had been vaccinated against Covid-19 via the mass vaccination program that began on February 3.
*The Chinese mainland reported no new locally transmitted Covid-19 cases on Saturday, the National Health Commission said on Sunday.
*Another 10,406 people in Britain have tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 4,105,675, according to official figures released on Saturday.
Meanwhile, the total number of global coronavirus cases has topped 111 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.46 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.