New Delhi, August 28:
India recorded 46,759 new cases of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the last 24 hours, which pushed the nationwide tally to 32,649,947, while the death toll climbed to 437,370 with 509 daily fatalities, according to the Union ministry of health and family welfare on Saturday. This is the third consecutive day that India is seeing more than 40,000 daily Covid-19 cases.
Union health secretary Rajesh Bhushan has asked Kerala and Maharashtra to consider night curfews in areas with high infection numbers. The southern state logged 32,801 cases on Friday, up from 30,007 on Thursday and the test positivity rate stood at 19.22 per cent, an increase from 18.03 per cent on August 26. Kerala has accounted for more than half of the total active cases, followed by 16 per cent in Maharashtra.
Active cases rose by 14,876 to stand at 359,775 in the same period, according to data released by the health ministry at 8am. Active cases constitute 1.06 per cent of total cases, the lowest since March 2020, and the national Covid-19 recovery rate stands 97.6 per cent, the Union health ministry said.
