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The number of total active cases of COVID-19 in the country further swelled up today to comprise nearly 16.90 per cent of the total reported cases. The Health Ministry has informed that currently over 31 lakh 70 thousand people are reported to be suffering from the viral pandemic and are either hospitalised or are under home isolation.
In the last 24 hours, the nation registered nearly 3 lakh 86 thousand new COVID cases. With this, the recovery rate has further slipped to stand at 81.99 per cent. Over 2 lakh 97 thousand people have been discharged from hospitals or are reported to have been completely cured since yesterday. So far, over 1 crore 53 lakh people have recovered from the COVID-19 infection in the country.
Ten States including Maharashtra, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat & Kerala continue to be the major hotspots of the viral pandemic. Nearly 75 per cent of the new cases are reported from these 10 states. The Health Ministry has informed that three thousand 498 COVID related deaths were reported in the last 24 hours taking the cumulative toll to 2 lakh 8 thousand 330.
With a special focus on the 5-point principle of ‘Test, Track, Treat, Isolate & Vaccinate’, the number of cumulative COVID-19 testing reported by Indian Council of Medical Research, ICMR has surpassed the figure of 28 crore 63 lakh. The apex medical research body has informed that in the past 24 hours more than 19 lakh 20 thousand samples were tested in the country.
As of today, two thousand 498 laboratories are engaged in the work of testing COVID samples across the country which includes one thousand 239 government and one thousand 259 private labs.