India reports 13,203 new COVID-19 cases, 131 deaths

India on Monday reported 13,203 fresh coronavirus cases and 131 deaths in the past 24 hours, as per the Union health ministry. With the fresh number of coronavirus cases, India’s Covid-19 caseload has climbed to 1,06,67,736.

A total of 13,298 patients were discharged on Sunday following recovery from coronavirus. This took the overall recovery count in the country to 1,03,30,084. Kerala has reported the maximum number of single-day recoveries with 5,283 recoveries. Maharashtra follows with 3,694 new recoveries.

There are 1,84,182 active cases of coronavirus in India, the Union health ministry said on Monday.

India has so far tested 19,23,37,117 samples tested for coronavirus. Of these, according to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 5,70,246 samples were tested yesterday and 13,203 came back as positive.

India took only six days to administer one million coronavirus vaccine doses, a count which is higher than that of countries like the US and the UK, the Union Health Ministry said on January 25 as the number of beneficiaries who have received the anti-coronavirus shots inched close to 16 lakh.

As of January 24, nearly 16 lakh (15,82,201) beneficiaries have received the Covid-19 vaccination.

In a span of 24 hours, close to 2 lakh (1,91,609) people were vaccinated across 3,512 sessions. A total of 27,920 sessions have been conducted so far, the ministry said