India records 53 new covid fatalities

PTI

New Delhi, August 4

With 19,893 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India's total tally of covid cases rose to 4,40,87,037, while the active cases  dipped to 1,36,478, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday.

The death toll climbed to 5,26,530 with 53 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.

The active cases comprise 0.31 per cent of the total infections, while the national covid recovery rate was recorded at 98.5 per cent, the ministry said.

A decrease of 579 cases has been recorded in the active covid caseload in a span of 24 hours. 

The daily positivity rate was recorded at 4.94 per cent and the weekly positivity rate at 4.64 per cent, according to the ministry.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,34,24,029, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.19 per cent.

According to the ministry, 205.22 crore doses of covid vaccine have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide vaccination drive.

The 53 new fatalities include seven from Maharashtra, five from Delhi, four each from Assam, Himachal Pradesh and West Bengal, three each from Punjab and Uttarakhand, two from Karnataka and one each from Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Kerala, Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh.

Additionally, 15 deaths were reconciled by Kerala as per guidelines of the Indian Council of Medical Research.