India witnesses 3.23 lakh new Covid cases, 2,771 more deaths

New Delhi, April 27

With 3,23,144 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day India’s tally of Covid cases has climbed to 1,76,36,307, while the national recovery rate has further dropped to 82.54 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. 

The death toll increased to 1,97,894 with 2,771 daily new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed. 

Registering a steady increase, the active cases have increased to 28,82,204, comprising 16.34 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid recovery rate has further dropped to 82.54 per cent.     

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,45,56,209 while the case fatality rate has further dropped to 1.12 per cent, the data stated.         

According to the ICMR, 28,09,79,877 samples have been tested up to April 26 with 16,58,700 samples being tested on Monday. 

The 2,771 new fatalities include 524 from Maharashtra, 380 from Delhi, 249 from Uttar Pradesh, 226 from Chhattisgarh, 201 from Karnataka, 158 from Gujarat and 124 from Jharkhand.

A total of 1,97,894 deaths have been reported so far in the country, including 65,284 from Maharashtra, 14,628 from Delhi, 14,627 from Karnataka, 13,651 from Tamil Nadu, 11,414 from Uttar Pradesh, 11,009 from West Bengal, 8,530 from Punjab, 7,736 from Andhra Pradesh and 7,536 from Chhattisgarh. PTI