Coronavirus Highlights: India Logs 2,483 Fresh COVID-19 Cases In 24 Hours

Delhi logs 1,204 new COVID-19 cases, one death in last 24 hours
Delhi has logged 1,204 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total active cases in the national capital to 4,508, the government's health bulletin informed on Monday.
As per the Delhi health bulletin, the national capital has witnessed a dip in the COVID positivity rate, which has been reported to be at 4.64 per cent.

In the last 24 hours, one COVID death was also reported in Delhi. With a fatality rate of 1.39 per cent, the total tally of deaths caused in the national capital due to the virus now stands at 26,169.

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The figure is far higher than the 80 million officially recorded cases, with the majority of infections undiagnosed, asymptomatic or unreported.

Roughly 75 percent of people under 18 had been infected, according to a paper based on a nationally representative study of antibody levels.

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Mizoram Logs 102 New COVID-19 Cases In 24 Hours

Mizoram today reported 102 new COVID-19 cases, five less than the previous day, pushing the tally to 2,26,988, a health department official said.

Of the 102 fresh cases, Saitual district reported the highest at 45, followed by Khawzawl district (28) and Serchhip district (26), the official said.

The single-day positivity rate dipped to 13.72 per cent from 35.79 per cent on the previous day, he said.

Mizoram now has 697 active COVID-19 cases, while 2,25,596 people have recovered from the infection so far, including 105 on Monday, the official said.

The COVID-19 death count remained at 695 as no new fatality was reported in the last 24 hours, he said.

The COVID-19 recovery rate now is 99.38 per cent and the death rate at 0.30 per cent.

The state has so far tested more than 19.17 lakh samples for COVID-19, he said.

According to state immunisation officer Lalmuanawma Jongte, over 8.44 lakh people have been inoculated with COVID-19 vaccine till Monday.

3 New COVID-19 Cases Recorded In Puducherry In Last 24 Hours

Three fresh cases of coronavirus were confirmed by the Puducherry government at the end of examination of 264 samples today, pushing up the overall active cases to seven.

While Puducherry logged two new cases the remaining one was traced in Karaikal region.

The cumulative case load rose to 1,65,784 while the recoveries stood at 1,63,815. The number of deaths remained 1,962 as no fresh fatalities were reported in the last 24 hours.

Director of Health G. Sriramulu said in a release that the test positivity rate was 1.14 percent while the fatality and recovery rates were 1.18 percent and 98.81 percent, respectively.

The Department of Health has examined so far 22,33,353 samples and has found 18,78,214 to be negative.

The health department has administered so far 16,77,021 doses which comprised 9,63,061 first doses, 6,94,489 second and 19,471 booster doses.

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

With the addition of six new cases of coronavirus, the infection count in Maharashtra's Thane district has risen to 7,08,979, an official said today.

These new cases were reported on Monday, he said.

The number of deaths remained unchanged at 11,889, he said, adding that the COVID-19 mortality rate in Thane stood at 1.67 per cent.

In neighbouring Palghar district, the COVID-19 case count has gone up to 1,63,610, while the number of deaths stand at 3,407, another official said.

COVID-19 UPDATE - APRIL 26

India records 2,483 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours.

Number of Covid-related deaths: 1,399 (Assam has reconciled 1,347 deaths today)

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

India's active caseload currently stands at 15,636.

Active cases stand at 0.04%

Recovery rate currently at 98.75%

1,970 recoveries in the last 24 hours increases total recoveries to 4,25,23,311.

Daily positivity rate (0.55%)

Weekly positivity rate (0.58%)

83.54 crore total tests conducted so far; 4,49,197 tests conducted in the last 24 hours.

India logs 2,483 fresh COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, 2.2% lower than yesterday.

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