Coronavirus | India’s COVID-19 active caseload drops below 2.5 lakh: Health Ministry

Ten States/UTs account for 69.59% of new deaths

January 03, 2021 04:26 pm | Updated 04:41 pm IST - New Delhi

People participating in a COVID-19 vaccine delivery system trial wait for their turn at a COVID-19 vaccination center in New Delhi on January 2, 2021.

People participating in a COVID-19 vaccine delivery system trial wait for their turn at a COVID-19 vaccination center in New Delhi on January 2, 2021.

The COVID-19 active caseload in India has dropped below 2.5 lakh with the recoveries exceeding new cases and low number of fatalities per day, the Health Ministry said on January 3.

Coronavirus, January 3 updates

“India’s present active caseload consists of just 2.39% of India’s total positive cases. The new recoveries of 20,923 in the last 24 hours have led to a net decline of 2,963 in the total active cases,” the Health ministry said in a statement.

“India’s trajectory of active cases continues to follow a steadily dipping path. The total Active Caseload has dropped below 2.5 lakh [2,47,220],” the Health Ministry said.

Interactive map of confirmed coronavirus cases in India

Kerala has reported the maximum number of single-day recoveries with 4,985 newly recovered cases. A total of 2,110 people have recovered in Maharashtra followed by 1,963 in Chhattisgarh, it said.

Ten States/UTs account for 69.59% of new deaths. Maharashtra saw the maximum casualties (51). West Bengal and Kerala follow with 28 and 21 daily deaths, respectively.

State Helpline numbers for COVID-19

The total coronavirus cases mounted to 1,03,23,965 and the death toll climbed to 1,49,435 with the novel coronavirus virus claiming 217 lives in a span of 24 hours in the country, the data updated at 8 a.m. showed.

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