New Delhi: Five States account for 75% of the total active cases of COVID-19 in the country, said the Union Health Ministry today.
The States are Kerala, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.
India’s active cases stand at 1,84,408. The share of active cases in the total positive cases has further shrunk to 1.73%, the Ministry said.
With 15,948 recovered cases in the last 24 hours, a net decline of 1,254 cases has been recorded in the total active cases in last 24 hours.
As on 24th January, 2021, till 8 AM, nearly 16 lakh (15,82,201) beneficiaries have received the COVID19 vaccination.
In the last 24 hours, close to 2 lakhs (1,91,609) people were vaccinated across 3,512 sessions. 27,920 sessions have been conducted so far, it added.