India saw a single-day rise of 752 Covid-19 infections, the highest since May 21, while the active cases crossed the 3,000-mark, rising to 3,420, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday. The spike in fresh Covid cases came amid concerns over an increase in sub-variant JN.1 cases.
Four new deaths were reported — two from Kerala and one each in Rajasthan and Karnataka — in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 5,33,332, the data updated at 8 am stated. The case fatality rate was recorded at 1.18 per cent.
The country’s Covid case tally stood at 4.50 crore (4,50,07,964).
According to the ministry data updated at 8 am today, 17 states saw an uptick in active cases of Covid-19. Of them, Kerala (266), Karnataka (70), Maharashtra (15), Tamil Nadu (13) and Gujarat (12) were some of the affected states.
As many as 325 people recovered from Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, pushing the total number of recoveries to 4,44,71,212, the Health Ministry said. The national recovery rate was pegged at 98.81 per cent.
On Friday, India recorded 640 fresh Covid-19 infections and one death and the active caseload increased to 2,997 from 2,669 the previous day, the Health Ministry said.
Meanwhile, the Bihar government has directed all districts and hospitals in the state to increase Covid-19 RT-PCR testing with random testing of arrivals at Patna, Gaya and Darbhanga airports.
