By Our Correspondent
NEW DELHI/BHUBANESWAR: The country’s total Active Caseload has seen a sharp decline, falling to 1.35 lakh (1,35,926) on Friday.The total positive cases of the country now comprise only 1.25% of the total cases. The day on day change of active cases in the last few weeks shows a consistent decline.
The distribution of new cases in India in the last 24 hours shows a positive picture with only 1 State reporting over 1000 cases while the rest of the States and UTs reporting less than 1000 new cases. 4 States/UTs have not reported any new cases in the last 24 hours. These D&NH, Daman and Diu, Ladakh, Tripura and A& N Islands.
The distribution of daily deaths among States/UTs in the last 24 hours, also reflects a significant decline in the daily deaths with 18 States/UTs not reporting any new deaths in the last 24 hours. 13 States/UTs have reported between 1-5 new deaths.
9,309 new confirmed cases were recorded in the last 24 hours in the country. 15,858 new recoveries were registered in the same period.National Recovery rate (97.32%) continues to be one of the highest globally. The continued high rise in the recoveries has led to progressively improving national Recovery Rate.
The total recovered cases are 1,05,89,230. The gap between active cases and recovered cases is continuously increasing and stands at 1,04,53,304.As on 12thFebruary, 2021, till 8 AM, more than75 lakh (75,05,010) beneficiaries have received the vaccination under the countrywide COVID19 vaccination exercise.
The total cumulative vaccination coverage of 75,05,010 includes 58,14,976 healthcare workers (HCWs) and 16,90,034 frontline workers (FLWs). 1,54,370 sessions have been conducted so far. India is the fastest country to cross the 70 lakh (7 million) vaccination mark.
On day 27th (11th Feb 2021) of the vaccination drive, 4,87,896 beneficiaries (HCWs- 1,09,748 and FLWs- 3,78,148) were vaccinated across 11,314 sessions.The number of beneficiaries being vaccinated every day has shown a progressive increase.10 States/UTs have vaccinated 69% of the total beneficiaries. Uttar Pradesh alone accounts for 10.2% (7,63,421) of the total beneficiaries.
86.89% of the newly recovered cases are recorded in 6 States.Maharashtra has contributed the highest number to the newly recovered cases (6,107), followed by Kerala(5,692) and Chhattisgarh (848).79.87% of the new cases are from 6 States.
Kerala has reported the highest daily new cases at 5,281. It is followed by Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu with 652and 481 new cases, respectively.87case fatalities have been reported in the past 24 hours. Six States account for 75.86% of these.Maharashtra has reported the maximum casualties with 25new fatalities. It is followed by Kerala with 16 new daily deaths.
