India Corona Updates: According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Friday,  India recorded 34,973 new cases of the novel coronavirus, along with 260 deaths due to the infection in the past 24 hours. The country witnessed a total of 37,681 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery rate at around 97.48 percent and total recoveries to 3,23,42,299.

The total active cases of COVID-19 in India dropped to 3,90,646, the ministry data indicated.  The total death toll in the country is now at 4,42,009. In India, the first death due to COVID pandemic was reported in March 2020.

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 53,86,04,854 samples have been tested up to September 9th for COVID-19. Of these 17,87,611 samples were tested on Thursday.

Meanwhile, Kerala on Thursday end hours reported 26,200 new Covid cases from 1,56,957 samples sent for testing in the past 24 hours, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said in a statement. The day's test positivity rate stood at 16.69 percent. He said,  29,209 people turned negative, taking the total number of active cases in the state to 2,36,345. On the vaccination front, 2.22 crore people, accounting for 77.42 percent of the state's population, have been given the first dose, while 85 lakh, or 29.7 percent, have received both doses.

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