Active Covid-19 cases in India rise for second day

Porters wait in a queue to get Covid vaccine dose at Sealdah station, in Kolkata, on Thursday. Pic/PTI

India saw a single day rise of 41,383 Coronavirus infections and 507 deaths, while the active cases registered an increase for the second consecutive day and were recorded at 4,09,394, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday morning.

An increase of 2,224 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 97.35 per cent. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.41 per cent. It has been less than three per cent for 31 consecutive days, the ministry said.

Meanwhile, the ministry on Thursday refuted media reports stating India's Covid-19 death toll was "vastly undercounted". The government said the reports assume that all excess mortality figures are due to Covid-19, which is not based on facts and totally fallacious.

Given the robust and statute-based death registration system in India, while some cases could go undetected as per the principles of infectious disease and its management, missing out on the deaths is unlikely, the ministry said.

3,12,57,720
Total no. of Coronavirus cases in india so far

4,18,987
Total no. of deaths due to the virus in India so far

4,09,394
Total no. of active cases in India

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