Covid-19 Cases in Last 24 hrs: Kerala leads the states in most Covid cases in a day
India today reported 38,667 fresh COVID-19 cases, which is 3.6 per cent lower than yesterday's cases. The daily test positivity rate was at 1.73 per cent, which has been less than 3 per cent for last 19 days.
Here are the top 10 updates on coronavirus in India:
- The daily test positivity rate was at 1.73 per cent, which has been less than 3 per cent for last 19 days.
- With 20,452 fresh cases, Kerala leads the states in most number of Covid cases in a single day. The state also reported 114 deaths, the most in any state after Maharashtra.
- In new vaccination strategy, the Kerala government plans to inoculate all non-Covid individuals in containment zones. The state will carry out extensive vaccination drives today, tomorrow and day after with focus on containment zones.
- Tamil Nadu with 1,933 fresh Covid cases, Andhra Pradesh (1,746), Karnataka (1,669) are other southern states where daily cases are above 1,000. Telangana reported 427 cases.
- Five people, including one from Mumbai, have died and as many as 66 people have been found infected with the Delta Plus variant of COVID-19 in Maharashtra so far. Some of them are fully vaccinated, the state health department said on Friday.
- Rajasthan (with 24 Covid case), Gujarat (23), Madhya Pradesh (9) - three biggest states - reported zero Covid deaths.
- No Covid-related deaths were recorded in Delhi for the third straight day today while 50 new infections were detected, official data showed. The positivity rate remained steady at 0.07%. This also marks the ninth time since the second Covid wave that zero fatalities were recorded in the national capital.
- Uttar Pradesh, the most populous state, reported 25 Covid cases. It also reported two deaths.
- With 763 Covid cases, Assam leads the northeastern cases in most number of cases in a day. It also reported 20 deaths. Mizoram with 524 cases, Manipur with 522 and Meghalaya with 384 are the other northeastern sates with most cases.
- Around 2.6 lakh people - 0.048 per cent of the more than 53.14 crore vaccine doses administered so far - have tested positive for COVID-19 after getting at least one dose of a vaccine, Health Ministry sources said yesterday.
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