Covid-19: India sees 29,616 fresh cases, 290 deaths

New Covid-19 cases figure stood at 29,616 on September 25, taking the total tally to 3,36,24,419. While the death toll rose to 4,46,658 with 290 fresh fatalities, according to the Union health ministry data. The active cases comprise 0.90% of the total infections, the lowest since March last year. An increase of 1,280 cases has been recorded in the active caseload in a span of 24 hours. India’s active caseload is currently at 3,01,442.

India’s Covid-19 tally had crossed the grim milestone of the one-crore mark on December 19, 2020. By May 4, it had crossed two crores and as of June 23, the number of cases had risen to three crores.

The weekly positivity rate stands at 1.99% and has been below 3% for the last 92 days, the ministry said. The daily positivity rate stands at 1.86%, according to the ministry.

The number of people who have recovered from the disease rose to 3,28,76,319, with the recovery rate at 97.78%, data from the health ministry showed.

Deaths

From the total of 4,46,658 deaths reported in the country, 1,38,776 were from Maharashtra, 37,706 from Karnataka, 35,454 from Tamil Nadu, 25,085 from Delhi, 22,890 from Uttar Pradesh, 24,318 from Kerala and 18,716 from West Bengal. The 290 new fatalities include 51 from Maharashtra, 127 from Kerala and 27 from Tamil Nadu.

The health ministry stressed that more than 70% of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities.
“Our figures are being reconciled with the Indian Council of Medical Research,” the ministry said on its website, adding that state-wise distribution of figures is subject to further verification and reconciliation.

Covid-19 tests and vaccination drive

As many as 15, 92,421 Covid-19 tests were conducted on Friday, taking the total number of tests done so far in the country to 56,16, 61,383.

Also, over 84.89 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses have been administered under the nationwide vaccination drive, according to the ministry.

Vaccine at home

The government has permitted differently-abled people and those with restricted mobility, Covid vaccine doses at their homes.

Union Health Ministry officials also said the country is still in the midst of the second wave of Covid-19 even though the number of daily new cases are declining.