India Clocks Over 42K Coronavirus Cases In Last 24 Hrs As Kerala Continues To Record Bulk Infections

<p><strong>Corona cases update: </strong>India continues to witness over 40,000 daily surges in Coronavirus cases as the country clocked 42,766 new cases in the last 24 hours, according to the Health Ministry.</p> <p>The active caseload now stands at 4,10,048 and the recovery rate is currently at 97.42%.</p> <p>The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare also informed that over 66.89 crore vaccine doses were provided to States/UTs so far, with more than 1.56 crore doses in the pipeline. More than 4.37 Cr vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs.&nbsp;</p> <h3><strong>Kerala</strong></h3> <p class="artconfp">Kerala on Saturday recorded 29,682 new coronavirus cases, taking the tally of&nbsp;COVID-19 cases in the state to 41,81,137.&nbsp;The death toll increased to 21,422 with 142 new fatalities,&nbsp;while the Total Positivity Rate (TPR) saw a slight dip.&nbsp;The TPR stood at 17.54 per cent, as compared to 17.91 on Friday.&nbsp;</p> <p>The state has been consistently posting high numbers over the past few days, accounting for a bulk of the infections reported nationwide. Among the districts, Thrissur reported the highest number of cases-- 3,474, followed by Ernakulam with 3,456 and Malappuram with 3,166. Meanwhile, 25,910 people recuperated from the disease on Saturday, taking the total cured in the state to 39,09,096.&nbsp;</p> <p>Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan told reporters that 1,69,237 samples were tested in the last 24 hours, taking the total to 3,22,34,770 and that the TPR was 17.54 per cent.</p> <h3><strong>Maharashtra</strong></h3> <p>Maharashtra on Saturday reported 4,130 new coronavirus cases and 64 fatalities, the state health department said.</p> <p>The infection tally in the state thus rose to 64,82,117 while the death toll reached 1,37,707.</p> <p>The number of recoveries rose to 62,88,851, with 2,506 patients discharged during the day. The state now has 52,025 active cases.</p> <p>Maharashtra's case recovery rate stands at 97.02 per cent while the fatality rate is 2.12 per cent.</p> <p>Hingoli as well as rural parts of Chandrapur, Nanded, Akola and Nagpur districts and municipal corporations of Parbhani, Jalgaon, and Dhule did not report any fresh Covid-19 case.</p> <p>Ahmednagar district reported the highest 730 new cases, followed by rural parts of Pune with 506 infections.</p>

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