Coronavirus Highlights: India Logs 2,786 New COVID-19 Cases In 24 Hours

After hovering over 300 for the last few days, Tamil Nadu has reported 296 new COVID-19 infections including a returnee from Maharashtra, pushing the tally to 35,88,157, the health department said on Thursday.

There were no fresh fatalities and the death count remained unchanged at 38,048, a medical bulletin said here.

As many as 353 people recovered from the infection since Wednesday, aggregating to 35,45,820. There are 4,289 active cases now.

Chennai accounted for the majority of new cases at 74 while the remaining infections were spread across other districts.

Twenty-four districts reported new cases below 10 while Ariyalur, Dharmapuri, Kallakurichi, Karur, Theni, Thirupathur, recorded no new cases.

The state capital leads among districts with 2,199 active infections and overall 7,91,663 coronavirus cases.

A total of 11,597 samples were tested in the last 24 hours, pushing the cumulative number of tests so far to 6,95,91,567, the bulletin said.

Delhi on Thursday recorded 130 fresh coronavirus cases with a positivity rate of 1.84 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department here.

No new fatality was reported due to the viral disease.

With these new cases, the capital's Covid tally has

The number of active Covid cases in Delhi stands at 428, the bulletin said, adding that a total of 275 patients are under home isolation.

Of the 8,837 beds reserved for Covid patients in various city hospitals, 37 are occupied, it said.

There are 43 containment zones in Delhi, according to the bulletin.

climbed to 20,04,540 while the death toll stands at 26,506, the department said in its latest bulletin.

The new cases were detected from 7,076 tests conducted the previous day, it said.

Maharashtra on Thursday recorded 475 fresh coronavirus cases, while one more patient succumbed to the infection in the state, the health department said.

With these additions, the state's overall COVID-19 tally rose to 81,26,320, while the death count increased to 1,48,367, the department said in a bulletin.

On Wednesday, the state had recorded 476 cases and four fatalities linked to the respiratory illness.

Mumbai recorded 179 cases and the lone coronavirus-linked death reported in the state in the last 24 hours, said the bulletin.

The state's case fatality rate was 1.82 per cent, while the recovery rate stood at 98.14 per cent.

The health department said 324 patients recovered from the infection in the last 24 hours, taking their cumulative count to 79,75,348 and leaving the state with 2,605 active cases.

It said 19,922 coronavirus tests were conducted in the state in the last 24 hours, taking their overall number to 8,50,13,972.

Chhattisgarh on Thursday reported 69 new COVID-19 cases at a positivity rate of 1.41 per cent, taking the overall tally to 11,76,977, while no fresh death linked to the infection was registered in the state, an official said.

The death count remain unchanged at 14,137.

The recovery count rose to 11,62,398 after 36 people recuperated from the infection during the day, leaving the state with 442 active cases, he said.

Raipur led with 18 cases, followed by 10 in Balod, among other districts. No coronavirus cases were reported in 16 of the 28 districts in the state, the official said.

With 4,890 swab samples examined during the day, the tally of tests carried out so far in the state went up to 1,86,91,064, he added.

The COVID-19 tally in Madhya Pradesh rose to 10,54,503 on Thursday after the detection of 16 new cases at a positivity rate of 0.4 per cent, a health department official said.

The death count increased by one to 10,774 in the last 24 hours, while the recovery count rose by 15 to touch 10,43,633, leaving the state with 96 active cases, he said.

With 3,474 swab samples examined during the day, the number of coronavirus tests conducted so far in MP went up to 3,00,18,117, he added.

A government release said 13,32,37,059 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered so far in the state, including 4,907 on Thursday.

Mumbai on Thursday reported 179 COVID-19 cases and one death, which took the tally here to 11,51,955 and the toll to 1,738, a civic official said.

It also resulted in the active caseload breaching the 1000-mark and touching 1,047, up from 948 a day earlier, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation official pointed out.

It was the seventh day in a row when the addition to the tally was above 100, with Wednesday seeing 194 cases being detected, he added.

Of the new cases, only six are symptomatic, the official said.

The recovery count increased by 79 and stood at 11,31,170, the official said.

As per BMC data, the recovery rate is 98.2 per cent, while the overall growth rate of cases between October 6 and 12 is 0.011 per cent.

So far, 1,83,77,356 coronavirus tests have been conducted in the city, including 6,179 in the last 24 hours, up from 5,496 samples examined in the preceding 24-hour period, as per official data.

The caseload doubling time is 6,423 days, the BMC official said.

Odisha's COVID-19 tally rose to 13,35,230 on Thursday as 77 more people, including 10 children, tested positive for the virus, a health department bulletin said.

The state's coronavirus death count remained unchanged at 9,199, with no reports of any new fatalities in the last 24 hours.

Besides, 53 other coronavirus patients have died due to comorbidities so far, the bulletin said.

Odisha now has 597 active COVID-19 cases, while 13,25,381 people have recovered from the disease, including 63 in the last 24 hours.

The new COVID-19 cases were detected from 9,903 sample tests and the daily positivity rate was 0.78 per cent.