Coronavirus India Live Updates: 10,229 Fresh COVID-19 Cases In India, 9.2% Lower Than Yesterday

One fresh fatality pushed Sikkim's COVID-19 death count to 401 on Monday, while the state's total cases remained unchanged at 32,101 as no fresh case was recorded, a health bulletin said, according to news agency PTI. A 79-year-old man succumbed to the infection at a hospital in Tadong near Gangtok.

Sikkim now has 115 active cases, while 31,251 people have recovered from the disease, and 334 patients have migrated to other states so far.

The state has thus far tested over 2.65 lakh samples for COVID-19.

Assam on Monday reported three COVID-19 fatalities, while 253 new cases, an increase of 124 from the day before, pushed the tally in the state to 6,14,166, a bulletin issued by the National Health Mission (NHM) said, according to news agency PTI. 

With the detection of 253 new cases against the testing of 43,156 samples on Monday, Assam has reported a positivity rate of 0.59 per cent for the day, the bulletin said.

The bulletin said 1,347 more COVID-19 patients have died till now, but the government's Death Audit Board has not included them in the tally of deaths caused by the virus as they had other ailments too. 

Assam currently has 1,807 active coronavirus cases.

Gujarat on Monday reported 29 fresh coronavirus positive cases, taking the tally of infections to 8,26,979, the state health department said, according to news agency PTI. The number of COVID-19 fatalities remained unchanged at 10,090 as no fresh death due to the infection was reported during the day. Of the total 29 fresh cases, 15 cases were reported from Ahmedabad city alone, the department said.

With 24 patients getting discharged during the day, the total number of recoveries in Gujarat rose to 8,16,654, leaving the state with 235 active cases. With 4.62 lakh people receiving jabs against COVID-19 on Monday, the total number of doses administered so far in Gujarat rose to 7.48 crore, it said.

India on Monday resumed quarantine-free entry for foreign travellers from 99 countries, which have agreed to a mutual recognition of COVID-19 vaccination certificates with it, almost 20 months after restrictions were imposed due to COVID-19, reported news agency PTI. Travellers from these 99 countries, including the US, the UK, France, Germany, Australia, the Netherlands and Russia, which have been listed under "Category A", have to submit a self-declaration form on the Air Suvidha portal (newdelhiairport.in) before the scheduled travel, apart from uploading a negative COVID-19 RT-PCR report, according to the revised Guidelines for International Arrivals released by the Union health ministry on November 11. The RT-PCR test should be conducted within 72 hours prior to undertaking the journey. Each passenger shall also submit a declaration with respect to the authenticity of the report and will be liable for criminal prosecution, if found otherwise.

The COVID-19 tally in Madhya Pradesh rose to 7,92,977 on Monday with the addition of eight fresh cases, while no new fatality due to the infection was reported, a health department official said, according to news agency PTI. The death count remained unchanged at 10,524 in MP, the official added. The recovery count increased to 7,82,371 in MP after five patients were discharged from hospitals during the day, leaving the state with 82 active cases. An official release said 7,59,02,976 vaccine doses have been administered so far in MP, including 2,84,305 on Monday.

West Bengal's COVID-19 tally rose to 16,04,975 as 782 more people tested positive for the infection on Monday, 93 less than the previous day, a health bulletin said, according to news agency PTI. The state's coronavirus death count increased to 19,319 as five more patients succumbed to the infection, two less than Sunday. On Saturday, 13 fatalities were recorded.

However, the positivity rate rose to 2.88 per cent from 2.13 per cent on Sunday, while the number of daily COVID-19 tests went down to 27,115 from 41,066 on the previous day, it said. Kolkata recorded 216 new cases, 22 less than Sunday, followed by North 24 Parganas at 123. It had registered 140 infections on the previous day.

The state now has 8,047 active cases, while 15,77,609 people have been cured of the disease so far, including 792 on Monday, the bulletin said, adding that the recovery rate stood at 98.29 per cent. The administration has tested over 1.97 crore samples for COVID-19 to date.

The COVID-19 tally in Goa reached 1,78,510 after 25 cases were detected on Monday, while the death count increased by one to touch 3,375, an official said, reported news agency PTI. The discharge of 15 people during the day took the recovery count to 1,74,885, leaving the state with 250 active cases, he said. With 2,175 samples being examined in the last 24 hours, the number of tests in Goa went up to 15,08,457, he added.

Kerala reported 4,547 new COVID-19 cases and 57 related deaths on Monday, taking the total affected in the state to 50,65,619 and the death count to 35,877, reported news agency PTI. 

"Currently, there are 64,738 active COVID-19 cases in the state out of which only seven per cent of patients are admitted to various hospitals," the health department said in a release.

Recoveries eclipsed new infections, with 6,866 persons recuperating from the disease on Monday, taking the total cured in the state to 49,64,375.

Arunachal Pradesh's COVID-19 tally rose to 55,220 on Monday as four more persons tested positive for the infection, a senior health official said, according to news agency PTI. The death count remained at 280 as no fresh fatality was registered in the last 24 hours, State Surveillance Officer (SSO) Dr Lobsang Jampa said.

The northeastern state now has 44 active COVID-19 cases, while 54,896 people have recovered from the disease so far, including two on Sunday. The COVID-19 recovery rate in the state now is 99.41 per cent.

Four new COVID-19 cases were recorded in Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the last 24 hours, pushing the tally in the union territory to 7,674, a health department official said on Monday, as per news agency PTI. The four new cases were detected during contact tracing.

The archipelago now has 11 active COVID-19 cases and all patients are in the South Andaman district while the other two districts - North and Middle Andaman and Nicobar - are coronavirus free, the official said. A total of 7,534 have recovered from COVID-19 so far.

The COVID-19 death count remained at 129 as no fresh fatality was reported in the last 24 hours.

Singapore will allow vaccinated arrivals from five more countries, including Indonesia and India, to access the country without quarantine via its travel lanes from November 29, said its transport minister on Monday, according to news agency Reuters. The programme is expected to be extended to visitors from Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE from early next month, the minister told a briefing.

Delhi reported 16 new COVID-19 cases on Monday while one fatality increased the cumulative death count to 25,095 in the national capital. Besides, 27 new recoveries were also reported. The cumulative case count stands at 14,40,440 of which 14,15,008 patients have recovered. Currently there are 337 active cases in Delhi. The recovery rate stands at 98.23 per cent.

Odisha's daily new COVID-19 infection figure dropped below the 200-mark after a gap of nine days as the state logged 185 new cases on Monday taking the tally to 10,45,656 while two fresh fatalities pushed the coronavirus death count to 8,379, a health department official said, according to news agency PTI. 

The 185 new cases included 35 children and adolescents. The rate of infection among children and adolescents now stands at 18.91 per cent against the previous day's 16.03 per cent.

The Health and Family Welfare department informed that two patients from Khurda district including a 66-year-old woman from Bhubaneswar, succumbed to the infection taking the COVID-19 death count to 8,379 on Monday. This apart, 53 other COVID-19 patients have also died due to comorbidities, he said.

The state currently has 2,719 active cases while 10,34,505 patients have recovered from the disease, including 205 on Sunday.