42,909 Cases in India, 380 deaths in last 24 hours

Mangalore Today News Network / NDTV

New Delhi, Aug 30, 2021: India’s Covid chart showed slight improvement today, with the country recording 42,909 cases, a drop of 4.7 per cent from yesterday. About 380 deaths were recorded during the period, according to the Health Ministry.

 

Active cases constitute 1.15% of total cases, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate stands 97.51 per cent, the Union Health Ministry said. The daily positivity rate now stands at 3.02 per cent.

63.43 crore vaccine doses have been administered so far under nationwide vaccination drive.

Kerala contributed 29,836 cases in the past 24 hours to take the total number of those affected in the state by the viral infection to 40,07,408. The test positivity rate rose closer to 20 per cent and with 75 deaths, the number of fatalities increased to 20,541, a state government release said.

No virus-related deaths were recorded in Delhi on Saturday, while 31 fresh cases were reported with a positivity rate of 0.04 per cent, according to the city’s health department. With the continuous dip in the Covid cases, the Delhi government decided to open schools in a phased manner from September 1.