India Records 2,994 New Cases, Nine Deaths In Last 24 Hours

India logged 2,994 new COVID-19 infections on Saturday, while the number of active cases increased to 16,354, according to Union health ministry data. With the fresh infections, India’s COVID-19 tally stands at 4.47 crore. Meanwhile, the death toll climbed to 5,30,876 with nine deaths — two deaths each were reported from Delhi, Karnataka and Punjab, one from Gujarat, and two were reconciled by Kerala.

At 16,354, the active cases comprise 0.04 per cent of the total infections. The national COVID-19 recovery rate stands at 98.77 per cent, according to the health ministry website. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.09 per cent and the weekly positivity at 2.03 per cent, according to news agency PTI.

Meanwhile, the COVID-19 patients admitted in Delhi hospitals are mostly the elderly or those with comorbid conditions, state health department officials have said. According to an official from the state health department, a majority of patients are above 60 and have been suffering from issues like cardiac disease, kidney disease and diabetes etc.

“These include patients admitted to hospital after getting infected with COVID-19 and also those who were already admitted due to other health issues and later developed COVID-19,” the official added.