India COVID-19 News: Number Of New Cases Decreased

India COVID-19 News: The number of new cases decreased in the country, still more than one lakh active cases in Kerala.

After the recovery of 24,770 corona patients in the last 24 hours, the number of active cases in India has come down to 2,46,687, which is the lowest in 203 days.

According to an official release issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, 18,833 new cases of corona infection have been reported in the last 24 hours.

A total of 3,31,75,656 people have been cured of corona so far with 24,770 new recoveries. At present, the recovery rate in the country is 97.94 percent, which is the highest since March 2020.

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), a total of 57,68,03,867 samples were tested till October 5, including 14,09,825 samples tested yesterday.

India COVID-19 News: Still over one lakh active cases in Kerala.

At the same time, the number of active cases of infection in Kerala still remains more than one lakh and at present, there are 1,25,030 active cases.

Maharashtra has 36,744 and Tamil Nadu has 16,749 active cases.

So far 92.17 crore doses of the corona vaccine have been given.

So far 92.17 crore Covid vaccine doses have been given under the nationwide vaccination campaign.

Under the new phase of universalization of COVID-19 vaccination that began on June 21.

The Government of India is procuring and supplying (free of cost) 75 percent of the vaccine doses produced by vaccine manufacturers in the country to states and union territories.

70 percent got the first dose of the vaccine.

On October 4, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya informed that 70 percent of the population has been given the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.

India launched the world’s largest COVID-19 vaccination campaign in a phased manner on January 16 this year, with healthcare workers (HCWs) being vaccinated first.

The vaccination of frontline workers (FLWs) began on February 2. The next phase of COVID-19 vaccination began on March 1, in which people above 60 years of age were vaccinated.

India started vaccination for all people above 45 years of age from April 1, while vaccination for people in the age group of 18-44 started from May 1.