New Delhi: 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:
Sep 09, 2022 23:57 (IST)
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.
Sep 09, 2022 21:39 (IST)
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.
