Coronavirus Highlights: India Logs 16,159 New COVID-19 Cases In 24 Hours

Mizoram Logs 91 Fresh COVID-19 Cases In 24 Hours

Mizoram today reported 91 new COVID-19 cases, 47 less than the previous day, with the tally rising to 2,29,439, a health department official said.

The death count stood at 706, as no new fatality due to the virus was reported in the last 24 hours, he said.

The single-day positivity rate dipped to 18.24 per cent from 23.19 per cent on Tuesday, as the fresh cases were detected out of 499 samples tested, the official said.

Mizoram now has 429 active cases, while 2,28,304 people have recovered from the disease so far.

The northeastern state has thus far tested more than 19.39 lakh samples for COVID-19.

According to the state health department, over 8.66 lakh people have been inoculated till Monday.

The Mizoram government has sounded an alert, with the state registering a spike in Covid cases over the past few days.

Mizoram accounts for 30.53 per cent of active cases in the northeast region, the state's spokesperson and nodal officer on COVID-19, Dr Pachuau Lalmalsawma, said.

210 New COVID-19 Cases In Assam In 24 Hours

Assam reported 210 more COVID-19 infections, the highest single-day tally in the past five months, taking the caseload in the state to 7,25,481, according to a bulletin of the National Health Mission (NHM).

Since June 19, the state has recorded 1,146 new cases.

Kamrup (Metro), comprising Guwahati city, reported the highest number of new cases at 98 cases, followed by Kamrup (Rural) at 26 and Dibrugarh at 19, the bulletin said.

No new death due to the disease was recorded in any part of the state, with the death count remaining unchanged at 6,639.

Apart from that, 1347 COVID-positive patients have died due to other reasons.

The state currently has 810 active cases, up from 710 the previous day.

Altogether110 patients were discharged from various hospitals on Tuesday, which raised the total number of recoveries to 7,16,683.

As many as 2,83,98,737 samples have been tested so far in the state, according to the bulletin.

The positivity rate stood at 10.14 per cent and the recovery rate at 98.79 per cent.

Altogether 4,67,14,477 doses of anti-COVID vaccines have been administered so far, the bulletin added.

COVID-19 UPDATE - JULY 6

India recorded 16,159 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours

Number of Covid deaths in the last 24 hours: 28

India's active COVID-19 caseload currently stands at 1,15,212

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

Active cases stand at 0.26%

Recovery rate currently at 98.53%

15,394 recoveries in the last 24 hours increases the total recoveries to 4,29,07,327

Daily positivity rate (3.56%)

Weekly positivity rate (3.84%)

86.49 crore total tests conducted so far; 4,54,465 tests conducted in the last 24 hours

Just-In: India has recorded 16,159 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours. The number of deaths due to COVID-19 has risen to 5,25,270 with 28 new coronavirus deaths today.

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