On Saturday had reported 11,850 new Covid-19 cases and 555 deaths in the last 24 hours. This has pushed the overall caseload to 3,44,26,036, according to the data by the Union ministry of health. The country’s active caseload stood at 1,36,308, which is the lowest in 274 days. The death toll from Covid-19 infection has surged to 4,63,245, while the recovery count has increased to 3.38 crore.

According to the government’s data, Kerala accounted for 471 death in 24 hours, followed by Maharashtra (41), West Bengal (14), Tamil Nadu (8), Odisha, Himachal Pradesh, (3 each), Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Karnataka, and Mizoram (2 each), and Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Punjab, Manipur, Goa, Chhattisgarh and Assam (1 each).

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After a gap of nearly three weeks, the national capital reported two deaths due to Covid-19. The national capital had last reported a coronavirus-related death on October 22. Delhi had recorded a total of four Covid-19 deaths in October and five in September.