GUWAHTI:
Assam’s active
Covid-19 caseload continued to shrink and is close to coming below the 4,000-mark from a peak of over 36,000 two months ago. The
recovery rate in the state has also reached 97%.
In last 24 hours, the state’s active caseload reduced to 4,389, which is the lowest since April 7. The number was over 6,000 a week back.
State health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Friday, 233 new cases were detected while 642 patients were discharged from hospitals. The positivity rate on Friday was 0.88%.
Till Friday, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the state was 2,10,068 since March 31, of which 2,04,718 have been cured so far. With two more fatalities, the death toll reached 958 on Friday.
At the national stage, the ministry of family welfare and health stated that registering a four-day streak of less than five lakh active cases, India’s active caseload had shrunk to 4,80,719 and the share of active cases in the total positive cases has further decreased to 5.48%.
“The trend of new recoveries exceeding new cases every day continues continuously as 44,684 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours against 47,992 recoveries,” the ministry said.
“New cases continue their downward slope, indicating adoption of Covid Appropriate Behaviour among the population, and effective containment measures by the state/UT governments following guidelines of the Union government. The daily new cases on an average have shown a declining trend over the last five weeks,” the ministry added.
This trend has also upended the recovery rate in the country to cross 93% on Friday, as the total recovered cases stood at 81,63,572. The gap between the recovered cases and active cases that is steadily increasing, presently standing at 76,82,853.
The ministry stated that 75.38% of the new recovered cases are contributed by ten states and union territories.
“With 6,498 persons recovering from COVID, Delhi saw the most recoveries in the past 24 hours. Kerala saw 6,201 daily recoveries while Maharashtra saw 4,543 new recoveries,” the ministry said..
On the other hand, 10 states and Union Territories have contributed 76.38% of the new cases with Delhi reporting 7,802 cases in the last 24 hours and topping the tally of new additions. Kerala recorded 5,804 new cases while Maharashtra stood at the third position with 4,132 new cases on Friday.
A total of 520 fatalities that have been reported in the past 24 hours. 79.23% of these are from 10 states and Union Territories. The ministry stated that 24.4% of new fatalities reported are from Maharashtra which reported 127 deaths. Delhi and West Bengal follow with 91 and 51 new deaths, respectively.