India continued to show a downward trend of daily new coronavirus cases as only 29,164 fresh infections were reported in the last 24 hours in the country, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare data.
With this, the overall tally of cases mounted to 88,74,291, including 4,53,401 active cases and 82,90,371 recoveries. The cumulative death toll climbed to 1,30,519 after 449 new deaths were reported in the last 24 hours.
This is the tenth day when India reported less than 50,000 cases in a day. The last time daily new cases crossed the 50,000-threshold was on November 7.
Less than 30,000 daily new cases- 29,163- reported in the last 24 hours.
Less than 50K daily new cases reported continuously for the past 10 days. https://t.co/mVMZ33ozye pic.twitter.com/qPcliQZSRI
— Ministry of Health (@MoHFW_INDIA) November 17, 2020
Meanwhile, the number of cases in the national capital has seen a decline after hitting the peak of its third wave, as per Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain.
The national capital reported more than 6,000 COVID-19 cases for days together, eventually hitting a record high of over 8,000 new infections in a day. However, on November 15 and 16, Delhi reported 3,235 and 3,797 cases respectively.
Significant to note, the tests conducted on these two days were almost half the number of tests that were being carried out on a daily basis before that. Nearly 50,000 people were tested on Nov 14, while 21,098 tests were conducted on Nov 15, as per Delhi Government data.
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday announced during a press conference that only 50 people will be allowed in marriage functions instead of 200. He added that Delhi LG’s approval has been sought for the same and he is awaiting a reply.
Kejriwal added that a proposal will be sent to the central government seeking their approval for allowing the Delhi government to shut down any potential superspreader market for some days if people are seen flouting norms.
Addressing an important Press Conference | LIVE https://t.co/CmMFG42Kqm
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) November 17, 2020
Meanwhile, India has continued to report more daily new recoveries than the single-day rise in the number of COVID-19 cases for the 44th day, as per the Union Health Ministry.
(With ANI inputs)
