Even as COVID-19 cases in India decline, Kerala has reported 9,445 new cases and 93 deaths due to the virus in the last 24 hours. On Tuesday, the state had recorded 7,163 new COVID-19 cases and 90 deaths in the previous 24 hours. Meanwhile, India reported 13,451 new COVID-19 cases and 585 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative tally to 3,42,15,653, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed on Wednesday. The active cases account for 0.48 per cent of total cases, which is the lowest since March 2020, the release said. The country also reported 14,021 recoveries in the last 24 hours, taking the country`s recovery rate to 98.19 per cent, which is the highest since the beginning of the pandemic.

Source: dna October 27, 2021 22:05 UTC