According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Saturday, India recorded 24,354 new cases of the Covid-19 with 234 deaths due to the infection in the past 24 hours. The total active cases of cases in India declined to 2,73,889, the lowest in 197 days, the health ministry data showed.

Notably, Kerala alone recorded 13,834 new cases and 95 deaths on Friday  Active cases account for less than 1 percent of total cases, currently, at 0.90 percent. In India, the first death due to the COVID pandemic was reported in March 2020. According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 57,19,94,990 samples have been tested up to October 1st for COVID-19. Of these 14,29,258 samples were tested on Friday.

Meanwhile, only five fatalities due to the covid infection were reported in September in Delhi on Friday amid a reduction in number of COVID-19 cases recorded in the national capital, according to official figures.

Global Corona Watch: In terms of global  corona, ther worst countries with over 3 million cases are Brazil (21,445,651), the UK (7,878,537), Russia (7,425,057), Turkey (7,153,527), France (7,110,963), Iran (5,601,565), Argentina (5,258,466), Spain (4,961,128),Colombia (4,959,144), Italy (4,672,355), Germany (4,249,061), Indonesia (4,216,728) and Mexico (3,664,223), the CSSE figures showed.

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