The active cases of coronavirus drops to 4 figures in past 24 hrs

New Delhi: India on Tuesday registered 9,110 new coronavirus cases, surging the total number of cases to 1,08,47,000, Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday.

A total of 78 deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours. Less than 100 deaths have been reported since the last four days. Kerala saw the maximum casualties (16). Maharashtra follows with 15 daily deaths, while Punjab reported 11 deaths.

A total of 1,05,48,521 people have been recovered so far as the country witnessed 14,016 recoveries in the last 24 hours, the Ministry said.

India’s total active caseload has also dropped to 1,43,625 on Tuesday. The active caseload now consists of just 1.32 per cent of India’s total positive cases.

During Day 24 of the vaccination drive, 4,46,646 people (HCWs – 1,60,710 and FLWs- 2,85,936) were vaccinated across 10,269 sessions. 1,26,756 sessions have been conducted so far.

India is now third in the world with the highest doses of COVID19 vaccine administered, after the US and the UK, said the Ministry.(UNI)