Active Covid cases in India lowest in 7 months

New Delhi, October 15

India logged 16,862 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of Covid cases to 3,40,37,592, while the active cases declined to 2,03,678, the lowest in 216 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday.

The death toll climbed to 4,51,814 with 379 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am.

The daily rise in new coronavirus infections has been below 30,000 for 21 straight days and less than 50,000 daily new cases have been reported for 110 consecutive days now.

The active cases comprise 0.60  per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020, while the national Covid recovery rate was recorded at 98.07 per cent, the highest since March 2020, the ministry said.

The 379 new fatalities include 174 from Haryana, 96 from Kerala and 35 from Maharashtra.

Haryana added the death figures after the report of the State Death Audit Committee, the ministry said.

A total of 4,51,814 deaths have been reported so far in the country, including 1,39,705 from Maharashtra, 37,922 from Karnataka, 35,853 from Tamil Nadu, 26,667 from Kerala, 25,089 from Delhi, 22,897 from Uttar Pradesh and 18,945 from West Bengal. PTI