Covid-19: India logs 38,667 new cases

India reported 38,667 fresh Covid-19 cases on Saturday, which is 3.6 per cent lower than Friday's cases.

The daily test positivity rate was at 1.73 per cent, which has been less than 3 per cent for last 19 days, reports NDTV. 

With 20,452 fresh cases, Kerala leads the state in most Covid cases in a single day. The state also reported 114 deaths, the most in any state after Maharashtra.

Tamil Nadu with 1,933 fresh Covid cases, Andhra Pradesh (1,746), Karnataka (1,669) are other southern states where daily cases are above 1,000. Telangana reported 427 cases.

Five people, including one from Mumbai, have died and as many as 66 people have been found infected with the Delta Plus variant of Covid-19 in Maharashtra so far. Some of them are fully vaccinated, the state health department said on Friday.

No Covid-related deaths were recorded in Delhi for the third straight day today while 50 new infections were detected, official data showed. The positivity rate remained steady at 0.07 per cent. This also marks the ninth time since the second Covid wave that zero fatalities were recorded in the national capital.

With 763 Covid cases, Assam leads the northeastern cases in most number of cases in a day. It also reported 20 deaths. Mizoram with 524 cases, Manipur with 522 and Meghalaya with 384 are the other northeastern states with most cases.

Around 2.6 lakh people - 0.048 per cent of the more than 53.14 crore vaccine doses administered so far - have tested positive for Covid-19 after getting at least one dose of a vaccine, Health Ministry sources said Friday.