India logs 41,195 new Covid cases, 490 more deaths

New Delhi, August 12

India logged 41,195 new coronavirus infections in a day taking the total tally of Covid cases to 3,20,77,706, while the active cases increased to 3,87,987, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday.

The death toll climbed to 4,29,669 with 490 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.

The active cases comprise 1.21 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid recovery rate stands at 97.45 per cent, the ministry said.

An increase of 1,636 cases has been recorded in the active Covid caseload in a span of 24 hours.

As many as 21,24,953 tests were conducted on Wednesday taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far for the detection of Covid in the country to 48,73,70,196.

The 490 new fatalities include 163 from Maharashtra and 116 from Kerala.

A total of 4,29,669 deaths have been reported so far in the country, including 1,34,364 from Maharashtra, 36,881 from Karnataka, 34,395 from Tamil Nadu, 25,068 from Delhi, 22,776 from Uttar Pradesh, 18,258 from West Bengal and 18,120 from Kerala. PTI