By Our Correspondent
NEW DELHI/BHUBANESWAR: India’s total active caseload continues to follow a consistent downward slide.The total Active Cases have dropped to 1.51 lakh (1,51,460) today. It is less than total deaths recorded (1,54,823) till Friday. The active caseload consists of just 1.40% of India’s total Positive Cases.
India’s Daily New Cases also continue to follow a downward trajectory. 12,408 daily new positive cases recorded in the last 24 hours.India’s cases per million population (7,828) are amongst the lowest in the world. This count is much higher for countries like Russia, Germany, Italy, Brazil, France, UK and USA.
17 States/UTs have a lower case per million population than the national average. Lakshadweep has the lowest average of 1,722 cases per million among all States and UTs.As on 5th February, 2021, till 8:00 AM, nearly 50lakh (49,59,445) beneficiaries have received the vaccination under the countrywide COVID19 vaccination exercise.
In the last 24 hours, 5,09,893 people were vaccinated across 11,184 sessions. 95,801 sessions have been conducted so far.61% of beneficiaries vaccinated are from 8 States/UTs. Uttar Pradesh accounts for 11.9% (5,89,101) of the total beneficiaries vaccinated in India.
A total of 1.04 Cr (1,04,96,308) people have recovered so far. 15,853 patients have recovered and got discharged in the last 24 hours. The Recovery Rate has reached 97.16%. The higher number of recoveries via-a-vis new cases has widened the gap between recovered and active cases to 1,03,44,848.
85.06% of the new recovered cases are observed to be concentrated in 6 States/UTs.Kerala has reported the maximum number of single day recoveries with 6,341 newly recovered cases. 5,339 people recovered in Maharashtra in the past 24 hours followed by 517 in Tamil Nadu.
12,408 daily new cases registered in the last 24 hours.84.25% of the new cases are from 6 States and UTs.Kerala continues to report the highest daily new cases at 6,102. It is followed by Maharashtra with 2,736, while Tamil Nadu reported 494 new cases.120 deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours.
Six States/UTs account for 74.17% of the new deaths. Maharashtra saw the maximum casualties (46). Kerala follows with 17 daily deaths, while Punjab and Delhi reported7 deaths each.
Fourteen States/UTs have reported no deaths in the last 24 hours. These are Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Puducherry, Manipur, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Nagaland, Mizoram, Ladakh (UT), Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, A&N Islands, D&D & D&N and Lakshadweep.
India’s 112 deaths per million population are also amongst the lowest in the world. On the positive side, 19 States/UTs have reported lower deaths per million average than the national average. Lakshadweep leads with an average of 0 deaths per million. 17 States/UTs have reported higher deaths per million population than the national average. Delhi’s figure of 581 deaths per million is the highest among all the states.
