Coronavirus | India records 2.75 lakh new instances, 1,620 deaths on April 18, 2021
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Total COVID-19 instances cross the 1.5 crore mark.
India’s COVID-19 instances tally crossed the 1.5 crore mark on April 18. The nation has up to now reported a complete of 1,50,58,019 instances and 1,78,793 deaths.
The nation registered 2,75,196 new COVID-19 instances as of 11.30 p.m. on April 18, the very best single-day rise. As many as 1,620 deaths have been additionally recorded.
The figures don’t embrace instances and deaths from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and Ladakh.
This knowledge is sourced from covid19india.org, an impartial aggregator of every day COVID-19 figures.
Maharashtra reported 68,631 infections, accounting for almost 25% of the new instances, on Sunday, adopted by Uttar Pradesh with 30,566 new infections and Delhi with 25,462 new instances.
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About 26.84 lakh COVID-19 vaccination doses have been administered within the 24 hours ending at 7 a.m. on April 18. It is about 29,000 doses lower than what was recorded within the earlier 24 hours. Also, it’s about 2.5 lakh doses decrease than what was recorded on April 11.
As many as 15,66,394 samples have been examined in India on April 17 (outcomes of which have been made obtainable on April 18), the highest-ever variety of checks carried out in a single day within the nation. This is the primary time the variety of every day checks is crossing the 15-lakh mark in India. For the previous one week, testing ranges have remained excessive and is on an growing development. As of April 17, 26.65 crore checks have been carried out cumulatively in India.
High positivity fee
The every day positivity fee (instances detected per 100 checks) in India within the final 12 days has doubled to 16.7%, whereas the weekly positivity fee has elevated to 13.5% prior to now month, the Health Ministry mentioned on April 18.
Chhattisgarh reported the very best weekly positivity fee at 30%, adopted by Goa at 24%, Maharashtra at 24%, Rajasthan at 23% and Madhya Pradesh at 19%, based on the Ministry.
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