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New Delhi : India has been recording a steady decline in the number of daily new deaths since October 1, 2020. 92 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours in the country.
Since October 1, 2020, the nation has seen an unabated decline in Case Fatality Rate. The Case Fatality Rate today stands below 1.5 (1.43%). India’s Case Fatality Rate is one of the lowest in the world.
More than 1.06 Crore (1,06,11,731) people have recovered so far. 11,016 patients recovered and got discharged in the last 24 hours. India’s Recovery Rate of 97.31% is amongst the highest in the world. The difference between the recovered and active cases increased to 1,04,74,164 on February 14, 2021, according to a PIB release.
As on February 14, 2021, till 8 am, the cumulative number of healthcare and frontline workers vaccinated against COVID19 in the country had surpassed 82 lakh. 82,63,858 beneficiaries werehave been vaccinated through 1,72,852 sessions, as per the provisional report till 8 am on February 14, 2021. They include 59,84,018 HCWs (1st dose), 23,628 HCWs (2nd dose), and 22,56,212 FLWs (1st dose). The 2nd dose of COVID19 vaccination started on February 13, 2021, for 13beneficiaries who have completed 28 days after receipt of the 1st dose.
As on Day-29 of the vaccination drive ( February, 2021), a total of 2,96,211 beneficiaries received vaccination. Out of which, 2,72,583 beneficiaries were vaccinated across 8,071 sessions for 1st dose and 23,628 HCWs received 2nd dose of vaccine. The country is witnessing a progressive increase in the vaccination day by day.
81.58% of the new recovered cases are observed to be concentrated in 6 States. Kerala has reported the maximum number of single day recoveries with 5,835 newly recovered cases. 1,773 people recovered in Maharashtra in the past 24 hours followed by 482 in Tamil Nadu.
India’s present active caseload now accounts for just 1.26% of India’s total Positive Cases. India’s total Active Caseload dropped to 1.37 lakh (1,37,567) on February 14, 2021.
86.25% of the new cases are from 6 States. Kerala continues to report the highest daily new cases at 5,471. It is followed by Maharashtra with 3,611, while Tamil Nadu reported 477 new cases.
Six States account for 78.3%of the new deaths. Maharashtra saw the maximum casualties (38). Kerala follows with 16 daily deaths. Tamil Nadu and Chhattisgarh have 5 new deaths each.