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India reports 38,079 coronavirus cases, 560 deaths in 24 hours

New Delhi: In the last 24 hours, India recorded 38,079 coronavirus cases, which took the infection tally to 3,10,64,908, while the death toll reached 4,13,091 with 560 more fatalities, according to Health Ministry data updated on Saturday.

As per the Ministry, the active cases have declined to 4,24,025 and comprise 1.36 per cent of the total infections, while the recovery rate stands at 97.31 per cent.

It said that active COVID cases have decreased by 6,397 in a span of 24 hours. The ministry said that 19,98,715 tests were conducted on Friday, taking the total cumulative tests conducted for detection of COVID in the country to 44,20,21,954.

Despite the high number of COVID deaths in the first wave that hit India during April-June, the death rate in the second wave in the country remains lower than the first. However, the death rate in the second wave is still climbing as states continue to report a relatively high number of casualties.

The case fatality rate (CFR or death rate) in the first wave of the pandemic was 1.41%. But, the CFR in the second wave in the four-and-a-half months is at 1.28%. Last month, the rate was even higher at 3.07%. Whereas in July, a death rate of 2.12% has been recorded, Times of India reported.

The report says that the high CFR since May-end has been due to the high number of “backlog” deaths reported across states- Maharashtra, Bihar, MP, Goa, Uttarakhand and others. So far, 2,55,923 deaths have been recorded in the second wave (since March 1), nearly 1 lakh more than the toll in the first wave (1.57 lakh).

 

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