Coronavirus Highlights: India Records 1,829 New COVID-19 Cases In 24 Hours

Jammu and Kashmir Reports 6 New COVID Cases

Jammu and Kashmir reported 6 new COVID cases today taking the total infection count to 4,54,159, officials said.

Of the new cases, 3 were reported from Srinagar district while 2 were reported in Jammu district. The remaining 1 case was recorded in Kupwara district. There are 53 active cases while the overall recoveries have reached 4,49,354.

The COVID death count stands at 4,752 as no COVID-related death was reported in the last 24 hours.

There were 51 confirmed cases of mucormycosis (black fungus), officials said.

Madhya Pradesh Reports 37 New COVID Cases


Madhya Pradesh reported 37 new cases today, taking the overall case count to 10,42,024. No COVID-related death was reported in the state and the death count remained unchanged at 10,735, a health department official said.

The positivity rate stood at 0.6 per cent. There are 223 active cases in the state after 43 people recovered from the disease, taking the total number of recoveries to 10,21,063.

The government release said 11,83,76,540 COVID vaccine doses have been administered so far in the state, including 46,236 doses today.

Gujarat Reports 32 New COVID Cases

With 33 recoveries registered in the last 24 hours, the number of such recoveries rose to 12,13,658.

The COVID death count remained unchanged at 10,944.

Gujarat now has 212 active cases of COVID, with 2 patients on ventilator support, the release said.

District-wise, Ahmedabad reported 20 new COVID cases, Vadodara 8, Jamnagar 2, Surat and Vadodara 1 each.

As many as 35,035 people were vaccinated against COVID today, taking the number of doses administered so far in the state to 10.84 crore.

Maharashtra Reports 307 New COVID Cases, 1 Death

More than 60 per cent of new cases were reported in Mumbai.

The state's COVID case count rose to 78,81,542, while the death count reached 1,47,856.

Yesterday, the state had recorded 266 new cases and zero fatalities.

Tamil Nadu Reports 36 New COVID Cases

Tamil Nadu today reported 36 new COVID cases, including a returnee from Africa, taking the total number of cases to 34,54,722.

The death count remained unchanged at 38,025 with zero fatalities getting reported in the last 24 hours.

Chennai accounted for the majority of new cases with 21, Chengalpet reported 3 cases, Cuddalore, Kancheepuram and Tiruchirapalli 6 cases.

The number of people who recovered from the disease rose to 34,16,376 with 39 more people getting discharged. Tamil Nadu currently has 321 active COVID-19 cases.

Delhi Reports 532 Fresh COVID Cases

Today, no COVID-related death was reported in the capital compared to 2 deaths being reported yesterday.

Mumbai Reports 194 Fresh COVID Cases, Highest Since February

No COVID-related death was reported.

Puducherry Reports 3 New COVID Cases

Director of Health G Sriramulu in a release said the total active cases stand at 16 and 2 patients recovered in last 24 hours. The overall recoveries are at 1,63,839.

According to the release, the test positivity rate stood at 0.24 per cent, the recovery rate stands at 98.81 per cent and the case fatality rate is at 1.18 per cent.

Covid Update: Odisha Records 13 New Covid Cases
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Covid Update: Thane Logs 30 New COVID-19 Cases
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