India Covid Live: The national COVID-19 recovery rate was 98.74 per cent, the ministry said.
India reported 2,897 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,31,10,586, while the active cases dipped to 19,494, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated.
The death count climbed to 5,24,157 with 54 fresh fatalities, the data stated today.
The active cases comprise 0.05 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was 98.74 per cent, the ministry said.
A decrease of 143 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The daily positivity rate was recorded as 0.95 per cent and the weekly positivity rate as 0.82 per cent, according to the ministry.
Here are the Highlights on coronavirus (COVID-19) cases:
West Bengal's COVID-19 active cases dip to 395
West Bengal reported 25 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, officials said.
The positivity rate dipped to 0.27 per cent from 0.68 per cent on Tuesday. The new cases were detected after testing 9,303 samples, they said.
There are 395 active cases in the state at present, which was 22 less than Tuesday's count as more people recovered in the last 24 hours. The state reported 47 new recoveries.
Delhi logs 970 new Covid cases, 1 death in a day; positivity rate 3.34 pc
Delhi reported 970 fresh Covid cases and one more death on Wednesday while the positivity rate declined to 3.34 per cent, according to data shared by the health department here. It is for the first time since April 15 that the positivity rate in Delhi has gone down below four per cent. The city had recorded 366 fresh COVID-19 cases and zero death on April 15, while the positivity rate was at 3.95 per cent.
With the new cases, Delhi's COVID-19 infection tally has risen to 18,97,141 while the death toll reached 26,184, according to the latest health bulletin.
As many as 29,037 tests to detect COID-19 were conducted in Delhi a day before, it stated.
Chhattisgarh sees six COVID-19 cases; no fatality
Chhattisgarh on Wednesday recorded six fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 11,52,327, while the death toll remained unchanged at 14,034, an official said.
The fresh cases, at a positivity rate of 0.14 per cent, included four infections from Raipur and one each in Bilaspur and Mungeli, he added.
The recovery count increased by seven to touch 11,38,260, leaving the state with 33 active cases, the official said.
With 4,217 samples examined during the day, the tally of tests carried out so far in Chhattisgarh went up to 1,76,80,738, he added.
Gujarat logs 31 new COVID-19 cases
Gujarat on Wednesday recorded 31 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 12,24,594, the state health department said.
The number of COVID-19 fatalities remained unchanged at 10,944 with no fresh death reported, the department said in a release.
With 21 patients being discharged during the day after COVID-19 treatment, the total number of recoveries went up to 12,13,467 in Gujarat, leaving the state with 183 active cases.
46 fresh COVID-19 cases in Telangana
Telangana on Wednesday reported 46 new COVID-19 cases taking the tally to 7,92,435.
The highest number of 30 cases were reported in Hyderabad.
A health department bulletin said 32 people recuperated from the infection raising the cumulative number of recoveries till date to 7,87,933.
The recovery rate in the state stood at 99.43 per cent.
Mumbai reports 124 COVID-19 cases, no fatalities
Mumbai on Wednesday recorded 124 new coronavirus infections but zero pandemic-related deaths, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said in a release.
The city thus reported more than 120 new cases for the eighth time this month. On Tuesday, it had logged 132 new COVID-19 cases and zero fatalities.
The COVID-19 case tally of the financial capital of the country rose to 10,61,038, while the death toll remained unchanged at 19,563.
Of the new COVID-19 cases, only two patients were symptomatic and hospitalized. None of them was put on oxygen support, the BMC release said.
Coronavirus India Updates: Puducherry reports no new COVID-19 case
Puducherry did not register any fresh coronavirus case on Wednesday and the overall caseload remained 1,65,799.
According to Director of Health G Sriramulu, 418 samples were examined during last twenty-four hours and no new case was detected.
He said the active cases were five. The overall recoveries stood at 1,63,832.
Odisha Records 17 New COVID-19 Cases In 24 Hours
Odisha recorded 17 more coronavirus cases today, while there was no new fatality for the eight successive day, the health department said.
There are 131 active COVID-19 cases and 52 more patients have recuperated from the disease, according to a bulletin.
The daily positivity rate was 0.11 per cent and a child was among the newly infected, it said, adding that 15,103 samples were tested in the past 24 hours, the bulletin stated.
The state had logged 12 infections and zero death on Tuesday.
The count stood at 9,126 and these are confirmed as Covid deaths after an audit. Fifty-three other coronavirus patients have died due to comorbidities so far, according to data.
The tally rose to 12,88,239, including 12,78,929 recoveries, it added.
Maharashtra's Thane Logs 26 New COVID-19 Cases In 24 Hours
Maharashtra's Thane district has reported 26 new cases of coronavirus, taking its infection tally to 7,09,250, an official said today.
These new cases were recorded on Tuesday, he said.
The number of deaths remained unchanged at 11,894, he said, adding the COVID-19 mortality rate in Thane stood at 1.67 per cent.
In neighbouring Palghar district, the COVID-19 case count stood at 1,63,612 and the number of deaths at 3,407, another official said.
Mizoram Records 33 New COVID-19 Cases In 24 Hours
Mizoram today reported 33 fresh COVID-19 cases, eight more than the previous day, taking the state's tally to 2,27,794, a health department official said.
The COVID-19 death count remained at 697 as no fresh fatality was reported in the last 24 hours, the official said.
The single-day positivity rate increased to 7.73 per cent from 5.48 per cent the previous day as the fresh cases were detected from 427 samples tested on Tuesday.
Mizoram currently has 200 active COVID-19 cases, while 2,26,897 people have recovered from the infection so far, including 34 on Tuesday.
The COVID-19 recovery rate now is 99.60 per cent and the death rate is 0.30 per cent.
According to state Immunisation officer Lalmuanawma Jongte, over 8.51 lakh people have been inoculated with COVID-19 vaccine till Tuesday.
COVID-19 UPDATE - MAY 11
India records 2,897 new Covid cases in the last 24 hours
Number of Covid-related deaths in last 24 hours: 54
190.67 crore Covid vaccine doses have been administered so far under the nationwide vaccination drive
India's active Covid caseload currently stands at 19,494
Active cases stand at 0.05%
Recovery rate currently at 98.74%
2,986 Covid recoveries in the last 24 hours increases total recoveries to 4,25,66,935
Daily positivity rate (0.61%)
Weekly positivity rate (0.74%)
84.19 crore total tests conducted so far; 4,72,190 tests conducted in the last 24 hours