Maharashtra reconciles Covid-19 data, India records 3,998 fresh fatalities

India recorded a singleday rise of 3998 coronavirus fatalities as Maharashtra carried out its 14th Covid19 data reconciliation exercise pushing the countrys death toll to 418480 according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on WednesdayThe country recorded 42015 new cases taking the total tally to 31216337The ministry said Maharashtra has carried out a reconciliation exercise of Covid data following which the states positive case tally has increased by 2479 while the death tally has increased by 3509The active cases in the country have increased to 407170 and comprise 130 per cent of the total infections while the national Covid19 recovery rate was recorded at 9736 per cent the data updated at 8 am showedAn increase of 1040 cases has been recorded in the active Covid19 caseload in a span of 24 hoursAs many as 1852140 tests were conducted on Tuesday taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of Covid19 in the country to 449193273 while the daily positivity rate was recorded at 227 per centIt has been less than three per cent for 30 consecutive days the ministry said adding the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 209 per centAlso read 119000 Indian children lost caregivers to Covid during first 14 months of pandemic ReportThe number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 30390687 and the case fatality rate has increased to 134 per cent the data statedCumulative vaccine doses administered so far has reached 4154 crore under the nationwide vaccination driveIndias Covid19 tally had crossed the 20lakh mark on August 7 30 lakh on August 23 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16It went past 60 lakh on September 2870 lakh on October 11 crossed 80 lakh on October 29 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the onecrore mark on December 19India crossed the grim milestone of two crore on May 4 and three crore on June 23The 3998 new fatalities include 3656 from Maharashtra and 104 from KeralaA total of 418480 deaths have been reported so far in the country including 130753 from Maharashtra 36226 from Karnataka 33782 from Tamil Nadu 25035 from Delhi 22737 from Uttar Pradesh 18021 from West Bengal and 16244 from PunjabThe ministry stressed that more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbiditiesOur figures are being reconciled with the Indian Council of Medical Research the ministry said on its website adding that statewise distribution of figures is subject to further verification and reconciliationcleAnAsianelephantBabustrugglestoeatinChina19651186This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever