India logged a single-day rise of 4,270 coronavirus infections and 15 fatalities, pushing the overall tally to 4,31,76,817 cases and 5,24,692 deaths, according to Union Health Ministry on Saturday.
The data updated at 8 am also stated that the number of active cases in the country increased by 1,636 in 24 hours to stand at 24,052.
The active cases now constitute 0.05 per cent of the total infections, the health ministry said, adding the country's overall COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.73 per cent.
Here are the Highlights on coronavirus (COVID-19) cases:
The COVID-19 cases in Madhya Pradesh reached 10,42,779 on Sunday after the detection of 44 cases, while casualties stayed unchanged at 10,737 as no death was recorded in the last 24 hours, a health official said.
The positivity rate was 0.6 per cent, while the recovery count increased by 49 to touch 10,31,794, leaving the state with 248 active cases, the official informed
Delhi on Sunday logged 343 new COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 1.91 per cent while no new death was reported due to the viral disease, according to data shared by the city's health department.
With this, the national capital's COVID-19 case numbers increased to 19,08,730 while casualties stood at 26,212.
Tamil Nadu on Sunday recorded 107 new COVID-19 cases, including two returnees from the United States and Madhya Pradesh respectively, pushing the caseload to 34,56,083, the Health department said.
Casualties remained unchanged at 38,025 with zero deaths in the last 24 hours, a medical bulletin said.
As many as 63 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Telangana on Sunday taking that state's total numbers to 7,93,607.
Hyderabad reported the highest number of cases with 47, a Health department bulletin said.
As many as 47 people recuperated from the infection and the cumulative number of recoveries till date was 7,88,933.
The union territory of Puducherry logged five new coronavirus cases during the last 24 hours pushing the overall numbers to 1,65,895, a senior official of the Health Department said on Sunday.
The number of active cases stood at 41 while two patients recovered to take the overall recoveries to 1,63,892, he said.
Odisha recorded 19 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, seven more than the previous day, with the numbers rising to 12,88,504, a health department bulletin said.
Casualties remained at 9,126 as no new death due to the infection was reported in the last 24 hours, it said.
The data updated at 8 am also stated that the number of active cases in the country increased by 1,636 in 24 hours to stand at 24,052.
The active cases now constitute 0.05 per cent of the total infections, the health ministry said, adding the country's overall COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.73 per cent.
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