Fifty-seven people have been killed in Punjab as India sees 90,000 new Covid cases

Fifty-seven people have been killed in Punjab as India sees 90,000 new Covid cases

Fifty-seven people have been killed in Punjab as India sees 90,000 new Covid cases

New Delhi : : India on Saturday recorded 89 129 Covid cases a day, the highest daily increase in nearly six and a half months, taking the national number of infections to more than 1.23 crore, according to Union Health Ministry data on Saturday.

The death toll has risen to 1,64,110 with 714 deaths a day, the highest since October 21, 2020.

The number of reported cases on Saturday was the largest since September 20 last year when 92 605 new infections were recorded in a 24-hour period.

In line with the rapid increase in cases, the number of active cases also registered a constant increase of 24 consecutive days with rates of up to 6,58,909, which is 5.32 percent of total infections. The recovery rate also dropped to 93.36 percent, the data said.

Fifty-seven people have been killed in Punjab as India sees 90,000 new Covid cases

Fifty-seven people have been killed in Punjab as India sees 90,000 new Covid cases

The active caseload was very low at 1,35,926 on February 12 and contained 1.25 percent of total infections.

The number of people who recovered from the disease increased to 1,15,69,241, while the mortality rate dropped to 1.32%, according to the Department of Health.

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research, 24,69,59,192 samples were tested by Covid as of April 2 and 10,46,605 of them were tested on Friday.

The 714 young people killed included 481 from Maharashtra, 57 from Punjab, 43 from Chhattisgarh, 16 each from Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, 14 each from Kerala and Delhi, 12 from Tamil Nadu, 12 11 from Gujarat and 10 from Haryana.

Of the 1,64,110 killed so far in the country, 55,379 from Maharashtra, 12,750 from Tamil Nadu, 12,591 from Karnataka, 11,050 from Delhi, 10,335 from West Bengal, 8,836 from Uttar Pradesh , 7,235 from Andhra Pradesh and 6,983 from Punjab. PTI