HEALTH NEWS
Covid-19 in India: 29,616 new cases in 24 hours, recovery rate highest since March 2020
Undeniably, India is still battling the deadly Covid-19 and on Saturday, the country recorded 29,616 new cases in the last 24 hours.
This is 5.6 per cent lower than what was registered on Friday.
There are 3,01,442 active cases in the country at present, 1,280 more than the figure reported on Friday.
India witnessed 290 Covid deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the total reported toll to 4,46,658.
The five states which registered the most number of cases on Saturday are Kerala with 17,983 cases, Maharashtra with 3,286 cases, Tamil Nadu with 1,733 cases, Mizoram with 1,322 cases and Andhra Pradesh with 1,246 cases.