Coronavirus LIVE Updates: 11,271 New Covid Cases In India, 4% Lower Than Yesterday

Mizoram on Sunday reported 387 fresh COVID-19 cases, pushing the state's tally to 1,28,604, while two more fatalities took the death count to 460, a health department official said, according to news agency PTI. The number of active cases now stands at 5,279.

Altogether 371 patients recovered from the disease on Sunday taking the number of cured people to 1,22,865, the official said. The recovery rate among COVID-19 patients is 95.53 per cent and the death rate is 0.35 per cent, he said. 

The 387 fresh cases were reported from across 10 districts while two fatalities were recorded in Aizawl. At least 108 children were among the newly infected people, the official said.

Uttarakhand reported 29 new cases of COVID-19 during the last 24 hours, according to the state government on Sunday, reported news agency ANI. The positivity rate for the day stands at 0.29 per cent. During the last 24 hours, 10 people recovered from the infection and no death was reported, taking the tally of active cases in the state to 177.

Ever since the beginning of the pandemic, the state has recorded a total of 3,44,043 Covid cases out of which 3,30,304 people have recovered from the infection while 7,403 lost their lives. The current recovery rate in the state is 96.01 per cent and the death rate stands at 2.15 per cent.

One coronavirus-related death was reported in Punjab on Sunday while 25 fresh cases pushed the infection count to 6,02,795, according to a medical bulletin, reported news agency PTI. The new fatality was reported in Faridkot district, bringing the death count to 16,572, the bulletin said.

Among new COVID-19 cases, Jalandhar reported eight cases, followed by five in Amritsar and three each in Faridkot and Mohali. The number of active cases rose to 323 as against 318 on Saturday. Eleven people recovered from the infection, taking the number of those who have been cured to 5,85,900, according to the bulletin.

The Union Territory of Chandigarh reported four new COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 65,384. No fresh death due to the disease was reported in Chandigarh as the death count stood at 820. The number of active cases in the city stands at 27 while recovery count has reached 64,537.

Chhattisgarh's COVID-19 tally stood at 10,06,358 on Sunday with the addition of 32 cases, while the fatality count remained unchanged at 13,588, an official said, reported news agency PTI. The number of recoveries rose to 9,92,533 after seven people were discharged from hospitals and 18 completed home isolation during the day, leaving the state with 237 active cases, he informed.

"Raipur recorded six new cases, followed by five in Raigarh and four in Durg. No fresh case was reported from 16 districts. With 16,231 samples examined during the day, the number of tests conducted in the state went up to 13,910,779," the official added.

Gujarat reported 26 COVID-19 cases on Sunday, increasing the state's tally to 8,26,950, while the death count remained unchanged at 10,090, an official said, according to news agency PTI. With 22 persons getting discharged during the day, the recovery count in Gujarat touched 8,16,630, leaving the state with an active caseload of 230, he said. Ahmedabad led with 11 cases, followed by six in Vadodara and four in Valsad, among other districts, he added.  A release said 1.59 lakh people were vaccinated against COVID-19 on Sunday, raising the total number of doses administered in the state so far to 7.43 crore.

The COVID-19 tally in Madhya Pradesh reached 7,92,969 on Sunday with the addition of 13 cases, while the death count remained unchanged at 10,524, an official said, according to news agency PTI. The recovery count increased to 7,82,366 after nine persons were discharged from hospitals during the day, leaving the state with 79 active cases, he said.

With 59,826 swab samples examined during the day, the number of tests in MP went up to 2,09,91,518, the official added. An official release said 7,56,04,101 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered so far in the state, including 1,55,410 on Sunday.

West Bengal on Sunday recorded seven fresh COVID-19 deaths, six less than the previous day, with the death count rising to 19,314, a health department bulletin said, according to news agency PTI. At least 875 new infections raised the coronavirus tally in the state to 16,04,193, it said.

Of the seven fatalities, two were recorded in Kolkata and one each in South 24 Parganas, North 24 Parganas, Howrah, Uttar Dinajpur and Jalpaiguri districts, the bulletin said. Kolkata registered the highest number of fresh cases at 238, followed by North 24 Parganas at 140.

At least 837 people were cured of the disease in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of recoveries to 15,76,817. The recovery rate among coronavirus patients stood at 98.29 per cent, it said. West Bengal now has 8,062 active cases, the bulletin said.

Telangana on Sunday logged 105 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total positives in the state to 6.73 lakh, reported news agency PTI. The number of active cases stood at 3,740, said a state government bulletin. The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation reported the highest number of 59 cases followed by Rangareddy district 10. Out of the 33 districts, 17 reported zero cases. As no fresh deaths were reported, the death count remained 3,973. A total of 106 recoveries were reported in the last 24 hours taking the total to 6,65,861. The recovery and case fatality rate in the state was 98.85 per cent and 0.58 per cent respectively, the bulletin added.

Maharashtra on Sunday reported 956 COVID-19 cases and 18 deaths, taking the tally in the state to 66,24,300 and the death count to 1,40,583, an official said, according to news agency PTI. All 18 deaths took place in the Mumbai division, including 11 in Raigad, five in Kalyan-Dombivali civic area in the Thane district and two in the metropolis.

The discharge of 966 persons took the recovery count to 64,67,879 in Maharashtra, which is 97.64 per cent of the overall tally, leaving the state with 12,191 active cases, he said. The fatality rate stood at 2.12 per cent.

Mumbai reported 264 cases and two deaths, taking the tally and death count in the country's financial capital to 7,60,329 and 16,292 respectively.

The COVID-19 tally in Goa reached 1,78,485 on Sunday after 18 cases were detected, while the death count remained unchanged at 3,374, an official said, according to news agency PTI. The discharge of 40 persons during the day increased the recovery count to 1,74,870, leaving the state with 241 active cases, he informed. With 2,081 samples being examined in the last 24 hours, the number of tests in Goa went up to 15,06,282, he added.

Andhra Pradesh reported 208 fresh coronavirus cases on Sunday, taking the total so far to 20,69,978, reported news agency PTI.  The latest bulletin said 247 infected people recovered and three more succumbed in 24 hours ending 9 AM on Sunday. The active case count reduced to 3,086 after a total of 20,52,477 recoveries and 14,415 deaths, the bulletin said. Chittoor district reported the highest 53 fresh cases and Krishna 32 in 24 hours. The remaining 11 districts added less than 20 new cases each. Krishna, Guntur and Visakhapatnam reported one fresh Covid-19 fatality each in a day.

Kerala recorded 5,848 fresh coronavirus infections and 65 deaths on Sunday, raising the caseload to 50,61,072 and the death count to 35,750, reported news agency PTI. With 7,228 more people recovering from the virus since Saturday, the total recoveries touched 49,57,509 and the active cases dropped to 67,185, an official press release said.

Of the 65 deaths, 46 were reported over the last few days and 19 were designated as COVID-19 deaths after receiving appeals based on the new guidelines of the Centre and Supreme Court directions, it said. As many as 63,463 samples were tested in the last 24 hours.

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Delhi recorded 36 new cases of coronavirus and a death on Sunday and the positivity rate is 0.07 per cent, the health bulletin said, according to news agency PTI.

The Union Territory of Puducherry logged 43 new COVID-19 cases and two more deaths on Sunday, taking the overall tally to 1,28,444 and the death count to 1,865, reported news agency PTI. Karaikal (13) topped in the number of cases, followed by Puducherry (11), Yanam (10) and Mahe (9), Director of the Department of Health G Sriramulu said. Nineteen patients recovered, taking the overall number to 1,26,282. He said there are 297 active cases, of whom 96 were in hospitals taking treatment and remaining 201 patients were in home isolation.