India reports 13,596 fresh cases in 24 hours, lowest in 230 days

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, Oct 18, 2021: India reported 13,596 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, the lowest in 230 days, according to the latest Covid-19 bulletin of the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on Monday.

 

It was 3.9 per cent lower than what the country had witnessed a day before. The total caseload in India has now reached 3,40,81,315.

The top five states which registered maximum cases are Kerala with 7,555 cases, followed by Maharashtra with 1,715 cases, Tamil Nadu with 1,218 cases, West Bengal with 624 cases and Odisha with 443 cases.

These five states reported 84.99% of the new cases with Kerala alone responsible for 55.57% cases.

At least 166 people lost their lives to the pandemic in the last 24 hours taking the total death count to 4,52,290.

Maximum casualties were reported in Kerala with 74 deaths, followed by Maharashtra with 29 daily deaths.

India’s recovery rate now stands at 98.12% as a total of 19,582 patients recovered in the last 24 hours bringing the total recoveries to 3,34,39,331.

In the last 24 hours, active cases have declined by 6,152 and India’s active caseload stands at 1,89,694.

A total of 12,05,162 doses have been administered in the last 24 hours, which brings the total tally to 97,79,47,783.

A total of 9,89,493 samples were tested in the last 24 hours.

Courtesy:India Today