India logs 18,346 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours, lowest in 209 days

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, Oct 05, 2021: India reported 18,346 new Covid cases in the last 24 hours, which was the lowest in 209 days, according to the latest update by Union Health Ministry.

The country recorded 263 deaths due to the infection in the last 24 hours, the health ministry said. With this, the Covid-19 death toll in India touched 4,49,260.

Till 8 am on Tuesday, the active coronavirus cases in the country stood at 2,52,902. In the last 24 hours, active cases decline by 11,556.

A total of 29,639 Covid-19 patients recovered in the last 24 hours, which pushed the total recoveries to 3,31,50,886 across the country.

The health ministry said the Covid-19 recovery rate in the country stood at 97.93 per cent.
The top five states which have registered maximum number of Covid-19 cases are Kerala with 8,850 cases, followed by Maharashtra with 3,165 cases, Mizoram with 1,681 cases, Tamil Nadu with 1,467 cases and West Bengal with 601 cases.

The maximum casualties were reported in Kerala with 149 fatalities, followed by Maharashtra with 26 deaths.

A total of 11,41,642 samples were tested in the last 24 hours.

According to the health ministry, India has administered a total of 72,51,419 Covid vaccine doses in the last 24 hours.

Courtesy:India Today