Covid-19 Update: Fresh cases up at 71,365 with 1,217 deaths in last 24 hours; India's positivity rate at 4.54%

COVID-19 India News Updates: India reported 71,365 new cases of the novel coronavirus, as well as 1,217 deaths associated with this disease in the past 24 hours. Today, the daily positivity rate stands at 4.54 per cent.

According to today's data number of active cases of COVID-19 has decreased to 8,92,828 (2.11 per cent).

Among the 1,217 new fatalities, 824 are from Kerala, and 57 are from Maharashtra. There have been 5,05,279 deaths in the country so far. The first death in India as a result of the COVID pandemic was reported in March 2020.

The country has seen 1,72,211 discharges in the last 24 hours, leaving the recovery rate at 96.46 per cent and the number of total recoveries at 4,10,12,869.

Coronavirus cases in the country declined significantly on Tuesday. On Tuesday, the country's active case count dropped below 10 lakh, according to official data.

A senior health official told PTI that the third wave caused by the Omicron variant of Covid-19 appears to have ended in Telangana.

There have been a total of 5,05,279 deaths in the country so far, including 1,43,155 in Maharashtra, 59,939 in Kerala, 39,447 in Karnataka, 37,809 in Tamil Nadu, 26,010 in Delhi, 23,343 in Uttar Pradesh, and 20,884 in West Bengal.

More than 70 per cent of deaths were caused by comorbidities, according to the ministry.

"Our figures are being reconciled with the Indian Council of Medical Research," the ministry said on its website, adding that state-wise distribution of figures is subject to further verification and reconciliation.

(With Inputs from PTI)