The downward trend in India's coronavirus cases continues as 55,342 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in the last 24 hours taking the country's Covid tally past 71.75 lakh. While Kerala is seeing the highest percentage increase in cases, though, as the state government emphasises, the death rate is low at 0.35 per cent while the national average is 1.53 per cent. We speak to Rijo M John, Health Economist, Guest faculty at IIM-Kozhikode and Consultant WHO, on the data. | NDTV

With 10,064 fresh coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, India saw the lowest surge in the daily cases in nearly seven months. The country has logged 1.05 crore cases since the beginning of the pandemic and over 1.02 crore people have already recovered, the government data shows. In the last 24 hours, 137 deaths linked to the deadly virus were recorded from different parts of the country, taking the total number of deaths so far to 1,52,556. The number of deaths reported in a single day is the

Up to 68,020 fresh coronavirus cases were reported in India over the past 24 hours, making it the biggest one-day surge since October, Union Health Ministry data indicate. This includes 291 deaths. The total number of active cases has risen by 35,498, it show. | NDTV