COVID-19 Highlights: A decline of 706 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload
India logged 6,093 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,44,84,729, while the active cases declined to 49,636, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday.
The death count climbed to 5,28,121 with 31 fatalities which includes 13 deaths reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated.
The active cases comprise 0.11 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has increased to 98.70 per cent, the ministry said.
A decline of 706 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
Here are the Highlights on Covid-19:
Delhi Reports 123 New COVID-19 Cases, 4 Deaths
Delhi on Friday recorded 123 fresh COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 1.06 per cent while four more people died due to the disease, according to data shared by the health department here.
The new cases were detected from 11,567 tests conducted the previous day, the department said in its latest bulletin.
With the fresh cases and fatalities, Delhi's infection tally increased to 20,01,432 and the total death count reached 26,491, it said.
On Thursday, the city logged 182 COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 1.37 per cent and three fatalities. The day before, it recorded 177 COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 1.36 per cent and two deaths.
The government did not issue a bulletin on Monday and Tuesday.
Tamil Nadu Reports 436 New COVID-19 Cases
Tamil Nadu on Friday recorded 436 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the total caseload to 35,72,802.
A lone passenger from Canada added to 436 positive cases today.
There have been 38,038 fatalities due to the disease so far and no death was reported today, according to a bulletin from the State health department.
A total of 35,29,846 COVID-19 patients were discharged following treatment so far and this includes 442 who recovered today.
The active cases declined to 4,918 from 4,924, a day ago.
Among the districts, Chennai, Coimbatore and Chengalpattu recorded a maximum of 87, 57 and 43 cases, respectively.
Madhya Pradesh Sees 47 COVID-19 cases, 36 Recoveries
The COVID-19 tally in Madhya Pradesh reached 10,53,825 on Friday after the detection of 47 cases, a health official said.
The toll remained unchanged at 10,770, while the positivity rate stood at 0.7 per cent, he added.
The recovery count increased by 36 to touch 10,42,785, leaving the state with 270 active cases, the official said.
With 6,259 samples examined during the day, the number of coronavirus tests in MP went up to 2,99,52,408, he added.
Maharashtra Records 955 COVID-19 Cases, Four Deaths
Maharashtra on Friday recorded 955 new cases of coronavirus infection and four deaths.
It raised the tally of infections to 81,09,397 and death toll to 1,48,284, an official from the state health department said.
There was a marginal decline in infections as the state had on Thursday reported 1,076 cases besides six fatalities.
The highest 518 new cases were recorded from Mumbai circle, followed by Pune circle at 255 cases, Nagpur (55), Nashik (53), Kolhapur (49), Akola (28), Aurangabad (17) and Latur circle (10).
Of the latest deaths, three were reported from Mumbai circle and one from Aurangabad circle.
As many as 972 patients recovered from the infection since previous evening, taking the count of recoveries to 79,54,052.
West Bengal Logs 204 Fresh COVID-19 Cases, 1 Death
West Bengal logged 204 new COVID-19 cases on Friday taking the tally to 21,08,827, a health department bulletin said.
As one COVID-19 death was reported in the last 24 hours, the total number of fatalities went up to 21,481, it said.
The daily positivity rate was 2.52 per cent as 8,085 samples were tested during the day.
Altogether 220 people recovered from COVID-19 during the day, taking the total number of recoveries to 20,85,435.
The COVID-19 recovery rate now is 98.89 per cent.
The state currently has 1,911 active COVID-19 cases.
Puducherry Logs 46 Fresh COVID-19 Cases
Puducherry reported 46 new COVID-19 cases, taking the overall tally to 1,73,248, a senior official of the Department of Health said on Friday.
Director of Health G Sriramulu in a release said the 46 fresh cases surfaced during examination of 787 samples in the last 24 hours ending 10 AM today.
Puducherry region alone accounted for 33 cases out of 46 new infections, while Karaikal reported the remaining 13 cases.
Thane Records 188 New Cases
Thane district of Maharashtra has recorded 188 new coronavirus cases, which took the infection tally to 7,43,421, a health official said on Friday.
With the addition of these cases on Thursday, the district currently has 1,555 active cases, he said.
As three patients succumbed to the infection during the day, the toll rose to 11,953, while the recovery count stood at 7,30,381, he added.
Active Covid cases decline to 49,636India logged 6,093 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,44,84,729, while the active cases declined to 49,636, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday.
The death count climbed to 5,28,121 with 31 fatalities which includes 13 deaths reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated.
The active cases comprise 0.11 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has increased to 98.70 per cent, the ministry said.
A decline of 706 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.