Coronavirus cases today: Kerala leads the states in most Covid cases in a day
India today reported 38,667 fresh COVID-19 cases, which is 3.6 per cent lower than yesterday's cases. The daily test positivity rate was at 1.73 per cent, which has been less than 3 per cent for last 19 days.
With 20,452 fresh cases, Kerala leads the states in most number of Covid cases in a single day. The state also reported 114 deaths, the most in any state after Maharashtra.
In new vaccination strategy, the Kerala government plans to inoculate all non-Covid individuals in containment zones. The state will carry out extensive vaccination drives today, tomorrow and day after with focus on containment zones.
Five people, including one from Mumbai, have died and as many as 66 people have been found infected with the Delta Plus variant of COVID-19 in Maharashtra so far. Some of them are fully vaccinated, the state health department said on Friday.
Rajasthan (with 24 Covid case), Gujarat (23), Madhya Pradesh (9) - three biggest states - reported zero Covid deaths.
No Covid-related deaths were recorded in Delhi for the third straight day today while 50 new infections were detected, official data showed. The positivity rate remained steady at 0.07%. This also marks the ninth time since the second Covid wave that zero fatalities were recorded in the national capital.
Around 2.6 lakh people - 0.048 per cent of the more than 53.14 crore vaccine doses administered so far - have tested positive for COVID-19 after getting at least one dose of a vaccine, Health Ministry sources said yesterday.
