Coronavirus Live Highlights: India Logs 3,011 New Covid-19 Cases In 24 Hours

The COVID-19 tally in Madhya Pradesh reached 10,54,356 on Monday after the detection of 13 cases at a positivity rate of 0.3 per cent, a health official said.

The death count remained unchanged at 10,771, while the recovery count increased by 12 to touch 10,43,473, he added.

The state has an active caseload of 112, the official said.

With 3,506 samples examined during the day, the number of coronavirus tests in MP went up to 3,00,56,804, he added.

A government release said 13,31,80,250 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered so far in the state, including 10,376 on Monday.

Chhattisgarh on Monday reported 66 new COVID-19 cases at a positivity rate of 1.64 per cent, taking the overall tally to 11,76,447, while the death count increased by one to reach 14,135, an official said.

The recovery count stood at 11,61,929 after 97 people recovered during the day, leaving the state with 383 active cases, he said.

Raipur led with 15 cases, followed by 10 in Durg, among other districts. No coronavirus cases were reported in 13 of the 28 districts, the official said.

With 4,019 swab samples examined during the day, the tally of tests carried out so far in the state went up to 1,86,52,326, he added.

Jammu and Kashmir recorded 11 new Covid cases on Monday that took the overall infection tally in the region to 4,79,174, officials said.

No Covid-related fatality was reported in the past 24 hours and the death count stands at 4,785, they said.

All the new cases were from the Kashmir valley, officials said.

There are 114 active cases in the Union Territory, while the overall recoveries has reached 4,74,275, they said.

There were at present 51 confirmed cases of mucormycosis (black fungus) in Jammu and Kashmir, they added.

Tamil Nadu continued to maintain a slight decline in fresh coronavirus cases and the State on Monday saw 461 new infections, taking the overall tally to 35,84,563.

The death count however remained at 38,047, as no fatalities were reported today, according to a bulletin from the State health department.

As many as 489 people were infected by the pandemic on Sunday.

A total of 35,41,177 COVID-19 positive patients were discharged following treatment till date and this includes 537 people who recovered today. The number of active cases remain at 5,339.

While Chennai recorded 97 fresh cases today, infections in Chengalpattu and Coimbatore fell below the 50 mark, registering 41 and 30 cases respectively.

Telangana on Monday recorded 73 new COVID-19 cases, taking the overall caseload to 8,38,108.

Hyderabad district reported the highest number of cases with 43.

A COVID-19 bulletin said 94 people recuperated from the infection raising the cumulative number of recoveries till date to 8,33,388.

The recovery rate rose to 99.44 per cent.

No fresh fatality occurred due to the infectious disease and the death count continued to be 4,111.

The bulletin said 7,378 samples were tested on Monday.

The number of active cases was 609, it said.

Delhi on Monday reported one more Covid-related fatality and 39 fresh cases with a positivity rate of 1.56 per cent, according to data issued by the city health department here.

With the new cases, Delhi's COVID-19 tally has climbed to 20,03,576 while the death count has risen to 26,503, the department said in its latest bulletin.

The new cases were detected from 2,496 tests conducted the previous day, it said.

Delhi on Sunday logged 76 cases with a positivity rate of 1.12 per cent.

The number of active COVID-19 cases in Delhi stands at 356. A total of 282 patients are under home isolation, the bulletin said.

Of the 8,857 beds reserved for COVID-19 patients in various city hospitals, 56 are occupied, it said.

There are 44 containment zones in Delhi, it added.

Gujarat on Monday reported 62 COVID-19 cases, raising the tally in the state to 12,74,989, while the death count remained unchanged at 11,035, an official said.

The recovery count rose by 91 and touched 12,63,175, leaving the state with an active caseload of 779, he added.

Surat led with 24 new cases, followed by 23 in Ahmedabad, five in Vadodara, among other districts.

A government release said 17,058 persons got jabs during the day, which took the overall number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered so far in the state to 12.70 crore.

Mumbai on Monday recorded 66 new cases of coronavirus that raised the tally of infections to 11,50,546, an official from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.

The death numbers remained unchanged at 19,733, while the count of recoveries reached 11,39,099 after 51 patients recovered from the infection in the last 24 hours, he said.

There has been a drop in daily infections, as the city had recorded 102 cases and a fatality on Sunday.

Of the 66 cases reported during the day, only two patients were symptomatic, the civic body said.

With a recovery rate of 98.2 per cent and doubling rate of 8,683 days, the city currently has 714 active cases.

At least 3,362 swab samples were tested in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of tests conducted in the city to 1,83,25,610, the BMC said.

Maharashtra on Monday reported 180 COVID-19 cases, which took the tally to 81,22,432, while the death count remained unchanged at 1,48,347, a health department official said.

It is a sizable dip from the 379 cases recorded on Sunday, which had also seen one death due to the infection, he pointed out.

Mumbai accounted for 66 of the new cases, the official said.

The recovery count increased by 357 in the last 24 hours and touched 79,71,346, leaving the state with an active caseload of 2,739.

State health department showed the total number of coronavirus tests conducted was 8,48,50,798, including 8,511 in the last 24 hours.

The recovery rate was 98.14 per cent, as per official data.

Puducherry witnessed a steep fall in number of fresh COVID-19 cases with only two infections being reported, a senior Health Department official said on Monday.

The union territory on Sunday recorded 47 cases.

Director of Health G Sriramulu in a release said the two new cases surfaced after examination of 112 samples in the last 24 hours, ending 10 AM today.

The overall caseload now stands at 1,74,685.

Puducherry and Yanam regions registered one case each, while Karaikal and Mahe had nil cases.

The active cases were 248, of whom five were in hospitals and the remaining 243 in home quarantine.

Sriramulu said 32 patients recovered during the last 24 hours and the overall recoveries were 1,72,463.

No fresh fatality was reported from any of the four regions of Puducherry, Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam and the death count remained at 1,974.

The Health Department has so far examined 24,11,838 samples and found 20,43,432 out of them to be negative.

The test positivity rate was 1.79 per cent, while the fatality and recovery rates were 1.13 per cent and 98.73 per cent, respectively.

Sriramulu said the Health Department has till now administered 22,32,686 doses which comprised 9,93,304 first doses, 8,54,430 second doses and 3,84,952 booster doses.

Odisha's COVID-19 tally rose to 13,34,434 on Monday as 67 more people, including seven children, tested positive for the infection, a health bulletin said.

How COVID damages heart found, may lead to new treatments

Researchers have discovered how COVID-19 infection damages the heart tissue, paving the way for better treatments for the condition.

The study conducted on a small group of people found that COVID-19 damaged the DNA in heart tissue, which was not detected in influenza samples.

The researchers noted that while COVID-19 and influenza are both severe respiratory viruses, they appeared to affect cardiac tissue very differently.

"In comparison to the 2009 flu pandemic, COVID has led to more severe and long-term cardiovascular disease but what was causing that at a molecular level was not known," said Arutha Kulasinghe from the University of Queensland, Australia.

3,011 New Covid Cases Today

India logged 3,011 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,45,97,498, while the active cases dipped to 36,126, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday.

The death toll climbed to 5,28,701 with 28 fatalities which includes 20 deaths reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated.

The active cases comprise 0.08 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate increased to 98.73 per cent, the ministry said.