India reports 8,488 new Covid cases in last 24 hours, lowest in 538 days

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, Nov 22, 2021: India on Monday, November 22, reported 8,488 new cases over the previous 24 hours, 19.1% lower than Sunday’s figure. This was the lowest in 538 days. It brought the nation’s cumulative caseload to 3,45,18,901. The number of active cases now stands at 1,18,443 — the lowest in 534 days ( accounting for less than 1% of total cases, currently at 0.34% — the lowest since March 2020).

 

As many as 12,510 recoveries were recorded on Monday over the previous 24 hours while the number of deaths stood at 249, taking the total toll to 4,65,911, as per health ministry data.

The top five states that registered the maximum cases were Kerala with 5,080 cases, followed by Tamil Nadu with 756 cases, West Bengal with 727 cases, Maharashtra with 298 cases, and Karnataka with 247 cases. As much as 83.75% of the new cases were reported from these five states.

Maximum casualties were reported in Kerala (196), followed by Maharashtra with 17 deaths.

India’s recovery rate now stands at 98.31%.

India administered a total of 32,99,337 doses in the last 24 hours, which brought the total tally of doses administered to 1,16,87,28,385.

A total of 7,83,567 samples were tested in the last 24 hours.

Courtesy:India Today