NEW DELHI: While India in a day recorded 3,26,098 COVID-19 cases that took the tally to 2,43,72,907, while 3,890 new fatalities pushed the death toll to 2,66,207, the central government on Saturday said that the overall COVID-19 situation in the country is stabilising.
The active cases have reduced to 36,73,802 and comprise 15.07 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has improved to 83.83 per cent, it stated.
The number of people who have recovered from the disease has increased to 2,04,32,898, while the case fatality rate stands at 1.09 per cent, the data updated at 8 am showed.
At a media briefing by the Health Ministry, its Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal said a decline in the active cases has been observed since the last 12 days. On May 3, the active cases were 17.13 per cent of the total caseload, which has declined to 15.1 per cent and recovered cases stand at 83.8 per cent.
Highlights
» Overall positivity rate is less than 20 per cent
» Case fatality rate stands at 1.09 per cent
» 10 states account for 85 per cent of the total coronavirus cases in the country
» A total of 18.04 crore vaccine doses have been administered so far in the country
This story is from the May 16, 2021 edition of Millennium Post Delhi.
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