Nearly 71 percent of the 496 new Covid-19 fatalities reported in a span of 24 hours were from eight states and union territories with Delhi recording the highest number of 89 deaths followed by Maharashtra with 88 and West Bengal with 52, the Union health ministry said on Sunday.
It said 22 states and UTs have recorded case fatality rates lower than the national average of 1.46 per cent.
The current active Covid-19 caseload of the country stands at 4,53,956, which comprises 4.83 per cent of the total coronavirus infections reported so far.
Maharashtra recorded the highest positive change with the addition of 1,940 cases, whereas Delhi recorded the highest negative change with a decrease of 1,603 active cases in a span of 24 hours, the ministry said.
A total of 38,772 new confirmed Covid-19 cases have been registered in a span of 24 hours in the country, according to the data updated at 8 am on Monday.
📍Total #COVID19 Cases in India (as on November 30, 2020)
▶️93.81% Cured/Discharged/Migrated (88,47,600)
▶️4.74% Active cases (4,46,952)
▶️1.45% Deaths (1,37,139)Total COVID-19 confirmed cases = Cured/Discharged/Migrated+Active cases+Deaths@MoHFW_INDIA pic.twitter.com/mM6lyaD0lj
— #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) November 30, 2020
India also continues to have one of the lowest deaths per million population globally.
“Focussed measures to ensure a low and manageable fatality rate have resulted in daily mortality figures of less than 500,” tweeted the Union ministry of health and family welfare on Monday morning.
#IndiaFightsCorona#Unite2FightCorona
India continues to have one of the lowest deaths per million population globally (presently 99).
Focussed measures to ensure a low and manageable fatality rate have resulted in daily mortality figures of less than 500. pic.twitter.com/GEc2VcBTk7
— Ministry of Health (@MoHFW_INDIA) November 30, 2020
The ministry said 70.43 percent of the daily new cases were contributed by eight states and UTs — Kerala, Maharashtra, Delhi, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, and Chhattisgarh.
Kerala leads the tally with 6,250 new Covid cases. Maharashtra recorded 5,965 new cases, while Delhi follows with 4,998 new infections.
The number of Covid-19 recoveries in India stands at 88,02,267 with 42,298 recoveries being registered in a span of 24 hours in the country.
The ministry said 68.73 percent of the new recovered cases were observed to be concentrated in eight states and UTs.
Delhi has reported the highest number of 6,512 single-day recoveries followed by 5,275 in Kerala and 3,937 in Maharashtra, it said.
The Covid-19 infection tally in the country mounted to 93,92,919 on Sunday, while the death toll climbed to 1,36,696, the data showed.
India has also significantly increased its Covid-19 testing capacity, with the number of tests per million population crossing the 100,000 mark recently.
On average, India has been conducting one million tests to detect Covid-19 in a single day for at least three months. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), which is spearheading India’s Covid-19 testing initiative, has so far approved 2,165 laboratories across the country to perform the tests.
Of all these laboratories, 1,175 laboratories are in the government sector, and 990 in the private sector.
