Coronavirus: India registers over 3.43 lakh new infections, 4,000 fatalities in one day

India on Friday registered 3,43,144 new Covid-19 infections in 24 hours and 4,000 fatalities. This pushed the country’s case count to 2,40,46,809 since the pandemic broke out in January last year. The toll rose to 2,62,317.

The mortality rate in India was at 1.09% and the recovery rate was 83.50%, with 2,00,79,599 Covid-19 patients recovering from the disease. As many as 37,04,893 active cases were recorded as of Friday morning, which means these patients were still receiving treatments.

The Union health ministry said that 10 states accounted for 71.16% of the new recoveries. The active cases in the country comprised 15.41% of the country’s total Covid-19 positive cases.

“A net decline of 5,632 cases is recorded in the active caseload in the last 24 hours,” the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare statement read. “Twelve states cumulatively account for 79.7% of India’s total active cases.”

India has so far used two vaccines – Serum Institute’s Covishield and Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin – to inoculate its population. A total of 17,92,98,584 vaccine doses had been administered as of 7 am on Friday. Of these, 20,27,162 vaccine shots were given on Thursday alone.

#CoronaVirusUpdates:

📍#COVID19 India Tracker
(As on 14 May, 2021, 08:00 AM)

➡️Confirmed cases: 2,40,46,809
➡️Recovered: 2,00,79,599 (83.50%)👍
➡️Active cases: 37,04,893 (15.41%)
➡️Deaths: 2,62,317 (1.09%)#IndiaFightsCorona#Unite2FightCorona#StaySafe @MoHFW_INDIA pic.twitter.com/rQfEhJCt1z

— #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) May 14, 2021

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