Active Covid-19 cases drop by 10,652 in 24 hours

A labourer receives a dose of COVID-19 vaccine at a camp organised on the outskirts of Jammu on Monday. Pic/PTI

India saw a single-day rise of 27,254 new COVID-19 infections, taking the infection tally in the country to 3,32,64,175, while the count of active cases declined to 3,74,269, according to Union Health Ministry data on Monday.

The death toll due to the disease has climbed to 4,42,874, with 219 daily fatalities being recorded, the data updated at 8 am showed. A reduction of 10,652 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.

The national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 97.54 per cent, while the daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.26 per cent. The weekly positivity rate was recorded at 2.11 per cent.

Meanwhile, the Delhi High Court on Monday sought the response of the Centre and National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on a woman's plea seeking ex-gratia for her mother's death due to COVID-19.

Justice Rekha Palli asked the authorities to file their replies and listed the matter for further hearing on November 18.

The petition said the patient complained of fever and other problems and was admitted to Saroj Medical Institute on April 28 and after her RT-PCR report came back positive, she was discharged from the hospital.

Advocate Anand, appearing for the petitioner, said she was discharged in a critical condition and could not get bed in any other hospital, as there was shortage during the second wave. Bimla Devi died at her home on May 3.

The petitioner alleged that she could not get the death certificate of her mother from the MCD office as her brother was not cooperating in the process.

The plea said it is not only a statutory obligation under the Disaster Management Act to provide ex-gratia assistance on account of loss of life but it is the constitutional obligation also since it affects the right to life guaranteed under the Constitution.

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