With 5,910 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India's total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,44,62,445, while the active cases declined to 53,974, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday.
The death count climbed to 5,28,007 with 16 fatalities, including seven deaths reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am showed.
The active cases comprise 0.12 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has increased to 98.69 per cent, the health ministry said.
Here are the Highlights on coronavirus cases in India:
The COVID-19 death count rose to 21,475 as two more persons succumbed to the disease, it said.
A total of 5,057 samples were tested on the day with a positivity rate of 1.76 per cent, the bulletin said.
The state currently has 2,002 active COVID-19 cases while 20,84,500 people have recovered from the disease, including 255 during the day.
The COVID-19 recovery rate now is 98.89 per cent.
Bengal had reported 181 new COVID-19 cases and one death on Sunday.
A total of 2,63,27,898 samples have been tested for COVID-19 so far.The recovery count increased by 349 in the last 24 hours to reach 11,23,958, which left the metropolis with 2,771 active cases, he said.
Of the new cases, only 27 were hospitalised, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation official said.
The recovery rate is 98 per cent, while the overall growth rate of cases between August 29 and September 4 stood at 0.036 per cent.
The case doubling time stood at 1,962 days for Mumbai, as per the BMC data.Hyderabad district reported the most number of cases with 51.
A bulletin said 192 people recuperated from the infection, raising the cumulative number of recoveries to 8,30,032 till date.
The recovery rate stood at 99.38 per cent.
No fresh fatality occurred due to the infection and the death count remained at 4,111.
The bulletin said 10,755 samples were tested today.
The number of active cases were 1,053, the bulletin said.
The recovery count rose by 27 and touched 11,59,323, leaving the state with 819 active cases, he said.
"Raipur led with 33 cases, followed by 11 in Durg, 10 in Surguja, among other districts. No coronavirus case was reported from six districts," he added.
The overall coronavirus tests conducted in the state was 1,84,89,297, including 7,292 during the day, the official said.
The death numbers remained at 38,036 as no fatalities were reported today, according to a bulletin from the State health department.
A total of 35,28,004 COVID-19 positive patients were discharged following treatment so far and this includes 483 who recovered today.
The active cases declined to 4,990 from 5,010 a day ago.
Among the districts, Chennai, Coimbatore and Chengalpattu recorded a maximum of 82, 62 and 26 cases respectively.The death numbers remained unchanged at 11,016, while the recovery count increased by 192 and touched 12,58,819, he added.
The state currently has an active caseload of 1,343, the official said.
Ahmedabad accounted for 28 of the new cases, followed by 36 in Surat, 21 in Vadodara, among other districts, he added.
With 97,790 people getting vaccinated on Monday, the total number of doses administered in the state so far rose to 12.41 crore, a government release informed.
Nine corona cases were reported from Jammu division and 25 cases were reported from Kashmir valley, they said.
The death count due to the virus was 4,783 as no fresh death was reported from the union territory, the officials said.
There are 793 active cases of the disease in the union territory, while the number of recoveries has reached 4,72,781, they said.
The officials said there were 51 confirmed cases of mucormycosis (black fungus) in the UT.The death count remained unchanged at 10,770, he added.
The recovery count increased by 41 to touch 10,42,620, leaving the state with 283 active cases, the official informed.
With 5,932 samples examined during the day, the number of coronavirus tests in Madhya Pradesh went up to 2,99,30,391, he added.
A government release said 12,88,93,833 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered so far in the state, including 55,224 on Monday.
The overall caseload stood at 1,73.032.
Puducherry accounted for four new cases out of the nine, while Karaikal recorded five. Mahe and Yanam regions did not report any new case during last twenty-four hours, Director of Health G Sriramulu said in a release.
He said the active cases were 227 which comprised nine patients undergoing treatment in hospitals while the remaining 218 patients in home quarantine.
Mr Sriramulu said 47 patients recovered during last twenty-four hours while the overall recoveries were 1,70,836.
No fatality was reported from any of the four regions of Puducherry, Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam and toll remained 1,969.
The Director noted that the test positivity rate was 11.54 percent while the fatality and recovery rates were 1.14 percent and 98.73 percent respectively.
The Department has administered so far 20,97,838 doses which comprised 9,89,606 first doses, 8,20,107 second doses and 2,88,125 booster shots.The death count remained unchanged at 8,904, and the count of recoveries reached 4,72,547 after 33 patients recovered from the disease, he said.
The district is now left with 171 active cases, the official said.
As per official data, 2,75,805 cases have been reported from Nashik city so far, 1,79,353 from other parts of the district, 14,027 from Malegaon and 8,521 from outside the district.The death count rose to 9,181 as a 57-year-old man succumbed to the disease in Bhadrak district. 53 other patients have died due to comorbidities so far, it said.
Odisha had recorded 221 infections and 1 fatality on Sunday.
The state now has 1,723 active cases, while 195 more people have recuperated from the disease in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of recoveries to 13,17,687.
5,910 New Covid Cases, 16 Virus-Related Deaths In IndiaWith 5,910new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India's total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,44,62,445, while the active cases declined to 53,974, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday.
