The national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.75%. (Representational Image)
India reported 2,364 new Covid cases, taking the total number of infections to 4,31,29,563. According to the Union Health Ministry, the active cases dipped to 15,419 in the last 24 hours.
India also reported 10 new Covid-related fatalities, bringing the total number of deaths to 5,24,303.
A decrease of 228 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
The active cases comprised 0.04 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.75 per cent, the ministry said.
Here are the updates on coronavirus (COVID-19) cases:
Sikkim reports three new COVID-19 cases, tally at 39,165
Sikkim reported three new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, pushing the tally to 39,165, a health department bulletin said.
Covid update: Mumbai's daily infection count crosses 200-mark after three-month gap
Mumbai's single-day coronavirus infection rally crossed the 200-mark today after a gap of three months with 223 new cases.
On February 19 this year, the city had reported 201 COVID-19 cases, but the daily infection figure kept going down since then. However, over the past few days there has been a gradual rise in the number of infections. There were 194 cases on Wednesday.
Covid cases in Delhi: 520 new cases, positivity rate at 2.09%
Delhi recorded 520 new Covid cases and one more death on Thursday while the positivity rate declined to 2.09%.
With the new cases, Delhi's COVID-19 caseload increased to 19,02,180, while the death count rose to 26,199.
COVID-19 UPDATE - MAY 19
India records 2,364 new Covid cases in the last 24 hours
The number of Covid-related deaths in last 24 hours: 10 (Kerala added 6 backlog deaths)
India's COVID-19 active caseload currently stands at 15,419
191.79 crore vaccine doses have been administered so far under the nationwide
vaccination drive.
Active cases stand at 0.04%
Recovery rate currently at 98.75%
2,582 recoveries in the last 24 hours increases the total recoveries to 4,25,89,841
Daily positivity rate (0.50%)
Weekly positivity rate (0.55%)
84.54 crore total tests conducted so far; 4,77,570 tests conducted in the last 24
hours
31 New COVID-19 Cases In Maharashtra's Thane In 24 Hours
With the addition of 31 new COVID-19 cases, the infection count in Maharashtra's Thane district has gone up to 7,09,441, an official said on Thursday. These new cases were reported on Wednesday, he said. With no fresh fatality, the COVID-19 death count in the district stood at 11,895 and the mortality rate at 1.67 per cent, he added.
COVID-19: China Relaxes Some Test Rules For US, Other Travellers
China has removed some COVID-19 test requirements for people flying in countries such as the United States and shortened the pre-departure quarantine for some inbound travellers, as it fine-tunes its measures to cope with the Omicron variant.
The slight relaxations were made in response to factors including the "characteristics of coronavirus variants", according to notices from Chinese embassies and consulates that did not provide further details.
From Friday, travellers from Dallas, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle and Chicago will no longer need an RT-PCR test seven days before flying, or any antibody test, according to notices issued late on Tuesday from the Chinese embassy in the United States and several consulates.