Coronavirus cases in India: According to ICMR, 8.44382 COVID-19 samples were tested on November 16
New Delhi:
India recorded 29,164 new COVID-19 infections on Tuesday – less than 30,000 in a day for the first time in more than four months, according to government data on coronaviruses. With this, the total number of Covid cases in the country since the January epidemic stands at 88,74,291, including 4,53,401 active cases and 82,90371 recoveries. Cumulative deaths climbed to 1.30,519 after 449 new deaths.
Maharashtra has 85,363 active coronavirus cases, the highest in the country, followed by Kerala with 71,046 and Delhi with 40,128.
This is the tenth day India has reported less than 50,000 cases per day. The last time new daily cases crossed the 50,000-person threshold was on November 7.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 8,44,382 samples for COVID-19 were tested on November 16, while a total of 12,65,42,907 samples have been tested so far.
On Monday, the Union Health Ministry informed that the recovery rate from the coronavirus had risen to 93.27%. India continued the unbroken trend of daily new picks exceeding daily new additions for the 44th day, he said.
