NEW DELHI, Apr 30: The deadly virus infection spread further to take the nationwide tally of positive cases to over 34,000 and the death toll crossed 1,100.
The Union Health Ministry, however, said the recovery rate of COVID-19 patients has also improved to nearly 25.2 per cent, from about 13 per cent a fortnight ago.
In its evening update, the Union Health Ministry said 1,075 people have died due to COVID-19 so far across the country after 67 deaths were reported since Wednesday evening. The number of cases has increased to 33,610, including 1,823 new cases detected in the last 24 hours.
However, a PTI tally of the death toll reported by various states and union territories, as of 11.15 pm, showed at least 34,737 people have been infected and 1,146 people have lost their lives so far.
Maharashtra alone saw its tally crossing 10,000 with 583 new cases during the day, while 27 more people died. The state tops the nationwide tally with total 10,498 confirmed cases and 459 deaths so far. Mumbai alone now accounts for 6,874 confirmed cases and 290 deaths.
Gujarat also saw its tally of confirmed cases rising by 313 to 4,395, while 17 more people died on Thursday to take the state’s death toll to 214. Ahmedabad alone has reported more than 3,000 cases and 149 deaths.
The national capital also reported 76 new cases, taking Delhi’s total tally to 3,515, while Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Karnataka and West Bengal also reported new cases.
There are more than 24,000 active patients across the country, while more than 8,300 people have recovered and one patient has migrated. The total number of cases include 111 foreign nationals.
At a press briefing on the COVID-19 situation, Health Ministry’s Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal said that the current fatality rate among detected is 3.2 per cent, with 65 per cent being males and 35 per cent females.
“If we divide it on the basis of age, then 14 per cent fatality has been seen in those aged below 45 years, 34.8 per cent between 45-60 years and 51.2 per cent in those above 60 years,” he said.
Agarwal further said that the recovery rate for COVID-19 has improved from 13.06 per cent to over 25 per cent in the past 14 days.
Agarwal also said the doubling rate for COVID-19 cases has improved to 11 days as against 3.4 days before the lockdown was imposed. (PTI)
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