India COVID-19 update


There is much misinformation about the actual COID-19 situation in India. This has caused much concern amongst the Indo-Canadain community in Canada. To provide our readers with the correct factual situation, we are commencing a special daily news bulletin to present updated information from authentic sources and the latest data on the COVID-19 situation in India.


India’s Active Caseload Declines for the Second Consecutive day


by Staff writer

12 May 2021


India is witnessing a declining trend in the active number of Covid cases. The Health and Family Welfare Ministry has said that the active cases comprise 16.52 percent of the cumulative positive cases. There are over 3.7 million active cases in the country at present.

As a positive sign, the Covid-19 recovery rate of the country is also consistently improving. As the country is registering more than 300,000 recoveries daily over the past many days, the recovery rate has further improved to 82.38 per cent. The Health Ministry has said over 3,53,000 patients have recovered from this infectious disease within 24 hours.

  • New Recoveries outnumber Daily New COVID Cases for the Second Consecutive day.
  • India’s Cumulative Vaccination Coverage exceeds 17.5 Crore
  • More than 30 lakh beneficiaries of age group 18-44 Vaccinated so far
  • The National Recovery Rate is 83.04%.
  • The National Mortality Rate currently stands at 1.09%.
  • Government to ramp up availability of Amphotericin B - to fight Mucormycosis