India’s daily count of fresh Covid cases at 5-month low, infections mainly in South, and NE states

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India on Tuesday reported 28,204 fresh COVID-19 infections over the last 24 hours, the lowest since March 16, according to government data.</p>
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The number of deaths in the country increased by 373 overnight taking the total death count due to the Covid-19 pandemic since its outbreak in March last year to 428,682.</p>
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The number of active Covid-19 cases has fallen to the lowest since March 2020, the Health Ministry said. A decrease of 13,680 cases has been recorded in the caseload in the last span of 24 hours.</p>
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Kerala, which saw a sharp rise in Covid cases a few weeks ago, reported 13,049 cases today, the highest number of cases reported by a state on a single day. It also reported 105 deaths.</p>
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Tamil Nadu with 1,929 Covid cases, Andhra Pradesh (1,413), Karnataka (1,186) are the other southern states with a high number of cases. Telangana with 453 cases is the only southern state with cases below 1000.</p>
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Maharashtra, which leads the states in the total number of Covid cases, reported 4,505 cases today. It also resgistered 68 deaths.</p>
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The number of fresh cases reported in each of the four big states of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat Madhya Pradesh and Bihar has come down to below 50.</p>
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The national capital Delhi reported 39 COVID-19 infections and one fatality, while the number of active cases in the city dropped below 500 for the first time since April last year, according to data.</p>
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With 1,120 fresh Covid cases, Assam has recorded the highest number of single-day infections among the north-eastern states. It is followed by Mizoram (937), Manipur (467) and Arunachal Pradesh (302).</p>