India on Monday reported more than 3 lakh new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours for the 12th day in a row and the daily death toll due to Covid-19 too continued to stay over 3,000 for the sixth consecutive day.

While India's Covid-19 tally stands at 1.99 crore cases, total deaths have exceeded 2.18 lakh.

With 3,68,147 new coronavirus infections reported in the last 24 hours, the daily Covid-19 cases showed a slight dip but continued to stay above 3 lakh taking the total tally of cases to 1,99,25,604, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Monday.

The death toll increased to 2,18,959 with 3,417 daily new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed. While the country recorded 4,01,993 new cases on May 1, it had registered 3,92,488 fresh cases on May 2.

India recorded 4 lakh daily cases on May 1 for the first time since the pandemic started. On April 22, India had breached the 3 lakh mark in daily cases.

Registering a steady increase, the active cases have increased to 34,13,642 comprising 17.13 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate stands at 81.77 per cent.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1, 62,93,003, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.10 per cent, the data stated. 
According to the ICMR, 29,16,47,037 samples have been tested up to May 2 with 15,04,698 samples being tested on Sunday.

The 3,417 new fatalities include 669 from Maharashtra, 407 from Delhi, 288 from Uttar Pradesh, 217 from Karnataka, 199 from Chhattisgarh, 159 from Rajasthan, 157 from Punjab, 153 each from Gujarat and Tamil Nadu, 145 from Haryana and 115 from Jharkhand.

A total of 2,18,959 deaths have been reported so far in the country including 70,284 from Maharashtra, 16,966 from Delhi, 16,011 from Karnataka, 14,346 from Tamil Nadu, 13,162 from Uttar Pradesh, 11,539 from West Bengal, 9,317 from Punjab and 9,009 from Chhattisgarh.

The health ministry stressed that more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities. "Our figures are being reconciled with the Indian Council of Medical Research," the ministry said on its website, adding that state-wise distribution of figures is subject to further verification and reconciliation.

Source: Times of India 

BDST: 1300 HRS, May 3, 2021
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