India logs 62,480 new Covid-19 cases, active cases below 8 lakh after 73 days

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New Delhi, Jun 18, 2021: India reported 62,480 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, pushing the overall coronavirus tally to 2,97,62,793, according to the data released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Friday morning.

 

The top five states which have registered the maximum number of Covid-19 cases are Kerala with 12,469 cases, followed by Maharashtra with 9,830 cases, Tamil Nadu with 9,118 cases, Andhra Pradesh with 6,151 cases and Karnataka with 5,983 cases.

As many as 69.7 per cent of the new coronavirus cases are reported from these five states, with Kerala alone responsible for 19.96 per cent of the new cases.

India’s active Covid-19 caseload has now declined by 28,084 to 7,98,656 -- less than 8 lakh after 73 days.Meanwhile, daily recoveries continue to outnumber daily new cases for the 36th consecutive day. A total of 2,85,80,647 recoveries have been reported across the country so far, with 88,977 more people being cured in the last 24 hours.The Covid-19 recovery rate in the country has increased to 96.03 per cent, while the weekly positivity rate remains below 5 per cent -- currently at 3.80 per cent.

The daily positivity rate now stands at 3.24 per cent -- less than 5 per cent for the 11th consecutive day.

Also, the nationwide toll due to Covid-19 has mounted to 3,83,490, with 1,587 more people succumbing to the infection in the last 24 hours.

Maximum casualties were reported in Maharashtra (636), followed by Tamil Nadu with 210 daily deaths.

According to the Union health ministry data on Thursday morning, India had recorded 67,208 new Covid-19 cases and 2,330 more deaths due to the infection.

As India braces for the third of Covid-19, a study revealed that it’s unlikely that any future third wave of the prevailing Covid-19 variant would disproportionately affect children aged two years and above.

According to the interim findings of an ongoing study conducted in the country, the SARS-CoV-2 sero-positivity rate among children is high and comparable to the adult population.

Sero-positivity refers to the body’s ability to mount a natural immune response to viruses.

"The seroprevalence was 55.7 per cent in the below 18 years age group and 63.5 per cent in the above 18 years age group. There was no statistically significant difference in prevalence between adult and children," the findings stated.

In India, the sero-prevalence among children and youngsters was estimated as a part of a larger nationwide survey on adults. The second nationwide sero-prevalence study done in August-September 2020 had reported a nine per cent seropositivity among 3,021 children aged 10-17 years while according to this study, it is 60.3 per cent.

Courtesy:India Today