India records 14,313 new cases, 549 deaths reported in 24 hrs

New Delhi: India's daily Covid graph showed improvement today as the country logged 14,313 fresh cases. The death toll climbed to 4,57,740 with 549 more fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am.

Meanwhile, the active cases were recorded at 1,61,555, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Saturday.

According to the union health ministry's data, Kerala accounts for the most number of deaths (471) in the past day, followed by Maharashtra (36), Tamil Nadu (11), West Bengal (8), and Karnataka (7).

Assam, Himachal Pradesh, and Odisha have reported three deaths each while Andhra Pradesh and Telangana logged two deaths each. Jharkhand, Manipur, and Punjab registered one death each as per the health ministry's Saturday data.

The daily rise in new coronavirus infections has been below 30,000 for 36 straight days and less than 50,000 daily new cases have been reported for 125 consecutive days now.

The active cases comprise 0.47 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.19 per cent, the ministry said.

An increase of 221 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 3,36,41,175, while the case fatality rate has increased to 1.34 per cent.

The daily positivity rate was recorded at 1.22 per cent. It has been less than 2 per cent for the last 26 days.

The weekly positivity rate was recorded at 1.18 per cent. It has been below 2 per cent for the last 36 days, according to the health ministry.

India's Covid-19 vaccination coverage has crossed the 105 crore mark. Of which 72.86 crore first dose has been administered and 32.50 crore of the second dose. According to mygov.in, Uttar Pradesh has administered 12.92 crore of coronavirus doses so far--the highest in the country. Maharashtra has administered 9.72 crore and West Bengal administered 7.54 crore doses, respectively.

India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16.