Coronavirus Highlights: India Records 2,323 New COVID-19 Cases, 25 Deaths In 24 Hours

COVID-19 India News: West Bengal Reports 32 New Cases, Active Tally At 377
West Bengal on Saturday reported 32 more coronavirus case, the health department said. The state had registered 42 new coronavirus cases on Friday. The death count remained unchanged at 21,203. Altogether 38 patients recovered from the infection on Saturday, a bulletin said. West Bengal currently has 377 active cases. (PTI)

Tamil Nadu reports first case of Omicron BA.4 variant
Tamil Nadu has reported its first case of Omicron BA.4 variant after a teenager was tested COVID-19 positive recently and the health department on Saturday appealed members of the public 'not to panic' following the identification of the new variant.

Tamil Nadu Minister for Health and Family Welfare Ma Subramanian said the 19-year-old woman detected with the new variant was visited by top health officials on Friday. She has recovered and was doing fine, he said.

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Madhya Pradesh reports 43 COVID-19 cases, no death
The COVID-19 tally in Madhya Pradesh reached 10,42,167 on Saturday after the detection of 43 cases, while the death toll remained unchanged at 10,735 as no one succumbed to the infection in the last 24 hours, an official said.

The positivity rate went down to 0.5 per cent from 0.6 per cent a day earlier, while the recovery count increased by 41 to touch 10,31,170, leaving the state with 262 active cases, the official informed.

Delhi logs 479 COVID-19 cases; positivity rate at 2.06%
Delhi reported 479 new Covid cases and one death due to the disease on Saturday while the positivity rate was 2.06 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department.

With the new cases, Delhi's COVID-19 caseload increased to 19,03,189 and the death toll rose to 26,200.

Puducherry reports seven new COVID-19 cases
Puducherry recorded seven fresh COVID-19 cases during the last 24 hours ending 10 am on Saturday, raising the overall caseload to 1,65,832, a senior official of the health department said.

Active Case Count Hits Zero, Manipur Turns Coronavirus-Free

Manipur became a coronavirus-free state with three active COVID-19 patients recovering from the disease, a health department official said.

The active case count in the northeastern state hit zero for the first time in the last 26 months, Health Services Director Dr K Rajo Singh said.

The caseload remained at 1,37,230, he said.

Altogether, 1,35,110 people have so far recuperated from the disease.

The number of deaths due to the infection stood at 2,120, Dr Singh said on Friday evening.

At least 71 samples were tested for COVID-19 on Friday, and no report was found positive for the infection, he added.

COVID-19 UPDATE - MAY 21

India recorded 2,323 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours

Number of Covid-related deaths in last 24 hours: 25 (Kerala added 23 backlog deaths)

India's active Covid caseload currently stands at 14,996

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

Active cases stand at 0.03%

Recovery rate currently at 98.75%

2,346 recoveries in the last 24 hours increases the total recoveries to 4,25,94,801

Daily positivity rate (0.47%)

Weekly positivity rate (0.51%)

84.63 crore total tests conducted so far; 4,99,382 tests conducted in the last 24 hours

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