Covid-19: India Records 108 New Cases in the last 24 Hours
New Delhi: India recorded 108 new covid-19 cases, raising the tally to 4.49 crore, while the active cases decreased to 1,983, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday.
The death toll due to the viral disease stood at 5,31,893, according to data updated by the ministry at 8 am.
The national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.81 percent, it stated.
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The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,44,59,514, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.18 percent, it said.
So far, the country has recorded a total of 4.49 crore (4,49,93,390) coronavirus cases.
According to the ministry’s website, 220.66 crore doses of Covid vaccine have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide inoculation drive.
The Union Home Minister has alerted the states of the country in the wake of the Indo-Pak War. The Telangana government and police, which were immediately alerted, took preemptive measures. Security has been tightened in Hyderabad.
Thirty-two airports across northern and western parts of the country, including Srinagar and Amritsar, have been closed for civilian flight operations till May 15, according to the civil aviation regulator.
In view of the ongoing high alert across India and intensified security arrangements in Hyderabad and Secunderabad, the city police have issued a ban on bursting firecrackers or fireworks in public spaces, particularly near military cantonment areas.
India responded strongly to Pakistan’s repeated drone and missile attacks and hit at least eight military targets inside Pakistan on Friday night with precision, thereby causing significant damage, the Centre told the media, as part of a special briefing on ‘Operation Sindoor’.