New Delhi| There have been 68,020 cases of coronavirus epidemic in the country in the last 24 hours, which is the highest figure so far this year. With this, the total number of cases across the country has gone up to 1,20,39,644. These have been revealed by the data of the Union Health Ministry on Monday. The number of active cases has risen to 5,21,808 among cases increasing for 19 consecutive days. At the same time, the recovery rate has come down to 94.32 percent.
68,020 new cases reported in the last 24 hours are the highest since October 2020, while the death toll has risen to 1,61,843 with 291 new deaths.
So far, the number of patients who have defeated the virus has risen to 1,13,55,993, while the death rate in the country remains at 1.34 percent.
According to the ICMR, the total number of tests as of March 28 has increased to 24,18,64,161 with 9,13,319 samples being tested on Sunday.
The ministry said that Maharashtra is facing the worst outbreak in the country. At the same time, daily cases are increasing in Punjab, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh etc.
Let us know that after the mass vaccination campaign started on January 16, 6.05 corona vaccine doses have been given so far. Also, the government has announced that from April 1, all people above 45 years of age will be vaccinated.
