Coronavirus Highlights: India Records 2,745 New COVID-19 Cases, 6 Deaths In 24 Hours

Maharashtra Logs Highest Daily Rise In Covid Cases Since February 24

Maharashtra recorded 1,081 new COVID-19 cases today, the highest daily rise after February 24, and zero casualties, the state health department said in a bulletin.

With the new infections, the state's total COVID-19 numbers rose to 78,88,167 and casualties increased to 1,47,860.

Covid Update: 75 New COVID-19 Cases In Telangana

Telangana saw a slight rise in COVID-19 cases today with 75 new infections being reported as the state's total numbers stood at 7,93,352.

Hyderabad reported the highest number of cases with 61.

Schools Reopen In Kerala After 2-Year Covid Break
After a break of more than two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, schools across Kerala opened in a full-fledged manner from Wednesday onwards with the state government having made all arrangements to ensure that the students in the state receive a warm welcome.

The reopening of schools was kicked off with the inauguration of a Government High Secondary School at Kazhakootam here by Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan who also distributed sweets and gifts to the younger students there.

Covid Update: Ladakh Reports 3 New COVID-19 Cases Today
The total number of Covid cases in Ladakh increased to 28,266 on today as three more people tested positive for the viral disease, officials said.

All of the new cases were detected in Leh, they said.

Casualties remained unchanged at 228.

Covid Update: 368 New Cases, Zero Deaths In Delhi On Wednesday

Delhi reported 368 new Covid cases and zero deaths today while the positivity rate declined to 1.74 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department.

With this, the number of Covid cases in the national capital has gone up to 19,07,264 while  casualties stand at 26,210, the department said in its latest bulletin.

 

Mumbai Civic Body On Alert After "Tremendous" Rise In Covid Cases In City

Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal today asked civic officials to ramp up coronavirus testing immediately on a war-footing and keep the staff of jumbo field hospitals on alert in the wake of a "tremendous" rise in fresh COVID-19 cases in the city over the past few weeks.

Since the beginning of May, the COVID-19 cases in the metropolis have been steadily going up. The number of new cases reported on Tuesday crossed the 500-mark for the first time after February 6.

Take Action Against Police Officials Violating Covid Norms: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court today directed the Delhi Police to take action against its erring officials found not wearing masks and riding two-wheelers without helmets.

A bench of Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Sachin Datta said police officials should be leading by example by complying with the law and they are bound to follow Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) guidelines on COVID-19 as any other citizen.

Covid Update: 14 New Covid Cases In Odisha

Odisha recorded 14 new COVID-19 cases today, 11 more than yesterday, taking the number of cases to 12,88,454, the health department said.

Casualties remained at 9,126 as there was no death due Covid in the last 24 hours.

Three Active COVID-19 Cases In Andamans

Three COVID-19 patients are currently undergoing treatment in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, a health bulletin said today.

The coronavirus tally of the Union territory remained unchanged at 10,046 as no new cases were detected, it said.

A total of 9,914 people have recovered from the disease, while 129 patients have succumbed to the infection so far.

The administration has thus far tested over 7.38 lakh samples for COVID-19, and fully vaccinated 3.39 lakh people.

Maharashtra's Thane Logs 96 New COVID-19 Cases In 24 Hours

Maharashtra's Thane district has reported 96 new cases of coronavirus, raising its infection count to 7,10,088, an official said today.

These new cases were reported on Tuesday, he said.

There was no fresh fatality and the death count in the district remained unchanged at 11,895 and the COVID-19 mortality rate stood at 1.67 per cent, he added.

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.

COVID-19 UPDATE - JUNE 1

India records 2,745 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours

Number of Covid-related deaths in the last 24 hours: 6

India's active Covid caseload currently stands at 18,386

193.57 crore Covid vaccine doses have been administered so far under the nationwide vaccination drive

Active cases stand at 0.04%

Recovery rate currently at 98.74%

2,236 recoveries in the last 24 hours increases total recoveries to 4,26,17,810

Daily positivity rate (0.60%)

Weekly positivity rate (0.63%)

85.08 crore total tests conducted so far; 4,55,314 tests conducted in the last 24 hours

Just-In: India has recorded 2,745 new COVID-19 cases, 6 Covid-related deaths in the last 24 hours, marginally higher than the day before

UP Covid Deaths: 23,512 People Died Due To Covid In UP: State Government
A total of 23,512 people died due to COVID-19 in the state, the Uttar Pradesh government told the assembly on Monday.