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India sees sudden rise in COVID-19 deaths; daily positive cases remain below 15000-mark

COVID-19 claimed as many as 805 lives in a span of 24 hours, as per the latest official update on Friday.

ByIFP Bureau

Updated 29 Oct 2021, 1:56 pm

(File Photo: IFP)
(File Photo: IFP)

India witnessed a sudden surge in daily COVID-19 deaths as the disease claimed as many as 805 lives in a span of 24 hours that pushed the country’s total death toll to 4,57,191, according to the latest update by the Union Health and family Welfare Ministry on Friday.

Kerala reported a total of 708 COVID-19 deaths, while Maharashtra reported 36 deaths, second highest among all states and UT, in a span of 24 hours, as per the new update.

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However, the country's COVID-19 active caseload fell to 1,61,334 with reduced number of new positive cases reported from across the country. In all, 14,348 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the last 24 hours.

The COVID-19 active cases account for less than one per cent of total cases, currently at 0.47 per cent; lowest since March 2020. The country’s total COVID-19 confirmed cases reached 3,42,46,157 as of Friday, the ministry said in a release.

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The country’s recovery rate currently is 98.19 per cent as 13,198 more patients recovered in the last 24 hours that pushed the total recoveries to 3,36,27,632.

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According to the ministry, the weekly positivity rate remained less than two per cent for the last 35 days at 1.18 per cent, while the daily positivity rate stood below two per cent for the last 25 days at 1.12 per cent.

Meanwhile, 1,04,82,00,966 total COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered across the country so far under the Nationwide Vaccination Drive, and 60,58,85,769 total samples have been tested so far.

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