A total of 16,488 novel coronavirus cases were reported in a day, while the death count rose to 1,56,938 with 113 new fatalities, showed the data updated at 8 am on Saturday.

The active case count has further increased to 1,59,590, which comprises 1.44 per cent of the total infections, the data stated.

The number of recoveries reached 1,07,63,451, which translates to a national COVID-19 recovery rate of 97.14 per cent and the case fatality rate stands at 1.42 per cent.

Meanwhile, with 2,84,297 vaccine doses administered to healthcare workers (HCWs) and frontline workers (FLWs) on the 42nd day of nationwide COVID-19 vaccination, the total number of vaccination crossed 1.37 crores in the country, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on February 27.

According to the Union Health Ministry, 1,37,56,940 vaccine doses were given through 2,89,320 sessions.

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Meanwhile , 55,300 new cases of COVID-19 cases and 706 deaths in 24 hours takes india’s overall tally to 71,75,881 including 8,38,729 active cases, 62,27,296 cured and 1,09,856 deaths, said the Union Health Ministry.

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India is showing a trend of declining average daily cases over the past 5 weeks.

After a month, on 9th Oct, active cases fell below the 9L mark and have steadily followed a downward slope since. pic.twitter.com/sV8ojVR4ne

— Ministry of Health (@MoHFW_INDIA) October 13, 2020

With 77,760 new recoveries, India’s recovery rate has gone up to 86.8 percent. The Covid death rate in India, which has been reporting between 800 and 900 deaths a day since early August, is 1.5 per cent.

This is the first time in two months that India has reported around 55,000 coronavirus cases in a day and second consecutive day when the total new infections were under 70,000 since the September surge.

The country’s 24-hour COVID-19 cases have come down to an average of 72,000 to 74,000 from the earlier 90,000-plus figure.

The total number of samples tested up to October 12 is 8,89,45,107 including 10,73,014 samples tested on Monday, according to Indian Council of Medical Research. Now the daily positivity rate in India stands at 5.2 percent

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In the last 24 hours, 11,72,179 samples were tested, the highest single-day tests so far, taking the total number of tests past 4.55 crore.

An additional 1,043 deaths linked to the highly contagious disease have pushed the total number of fatalities to 67,376. Over 29 lakh have recovered from the infection in the country so far. Maharashtra remains the state hit hardest by the pandemic followed by three southern states – Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.

According to health ministry data, twice as many men have died of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as women in India, with men accounting for 69 percent of all fatalities. More than 90 percent of the people who died, both men and women, were above 40 years of age.

As part of Unlock 4.0, metro services will resume across the country, except Maharashtra, in a graded manner between September 7 and 12, Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri said, urging commuters to follow Covid-19 restrictions and “name and shame” those violating them.

Meanwhile, some 500 regular trains will be discontinued and 10,000 stops across the Indian Railways’ network will be erased in a new timetable for operations that will be adopted once the pandemic ends and services return to normal.

Globally, over 25 million have been infected with the novel coronavirus till now. While 861,668 while succumbed to the virus, over 17 million have recovered so far.

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