India reported 36,083 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the daily positivity rate to 1.88 per cent, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Sunday.
With 37,927 recoveries in the last 24 hours, the overall recoveries in the country have reached 3,13,76,015. The recovery rate now stands at 97.46 per cent. The country also reported 493 deaths in the last 24 hours.
The number of active cases has gone up to 3,85,336, accounting for 1.20 per cent of the total number of cases.
Here are the highlights on coronavirus (COVID-19) cases:
Delhi reported 53 fresh COVID-19 cases on Sunday that took its tally to 14,37,091, while the positivity rate stood at 0.08 per cent, according to a health department bulletin.
No fresh deaths were reported. The death count stands at 25,069, the bulletin said.
Sixteen people have succumbed to the disease so far this month.
Kerala on Sunday reported 18,582 new COVID-19 cases pushing the total infection count to 36.69 lakh, as the number of people succumbing to the disease rose to 18,601 with 102 additional deaths.
As many as 20,829 people have been cured of the infection since Saturday, taking the total recoveries to 34,92,367 and the number of active cases in the state to 1,78,630, a state government release said.
Nagaland reported 54 new COVID-19 infections, pushing the state's caseload to 29,151, while deaths of four more patients increased the death toll to 601, a health department official said. Of the fresh cases, 27 were reported from Kohima, 16 from Peren, four from Mokukchung, three from Mon, and two each from Wokha and Zunheboto.
#COVID19: Gujarat Govt extends night curfew (11pm-6am) in 8 cities -- Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot, Bhavnagar, Jamnagar, Gandhinagar, & Junagadh -- till August 28
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The Puducherry government has extended the existing lockdown till August 31. The lockdown will have restrictions as were adopted so far and the night curfew would be in force from 10:30 pm to 5 am the next day, it was stated. Religious places would be open till 9 pm with restrictions. Essential services would be permitted which included sale of milk and medicine.
Maharashtra: Local train services resume in Mumbai from today for fully vaccinated passengers
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"It will give relief to the people. People should follow the SOPs & COVID protocols issued by the Govt," says Kishore, a commuter pic.twitter.com/av26VfKHEf
Active coronavirus cases dropped by 345 to 17,865 in Andhra Pradesh even as the state reported 1,506 fresh positives and 1,835 recoveries. The state also reported 16 more deaths in 24 hours ending 9 AM on Sunday, the latest bulletin said. The cumulative Covid-19 case count now stands at 19,93,697.
Delhi reports 53 fresh COVID cases and 18 discharges in the last 24 hours
- ANI (@ANI) August 15, 2021
Active cases: 513
Total discharges: 14,11,509
Death toll: 25,069 (no new deaths) pic.twitter.com/CGvoBolghQ
The union territory of Puducherry registered 79 new coronavirus cases during the last 24 hours taking the overall tally to 1,22,282, a senior official of the Health Department said. The number of active cases stand at 929 with 201 in hospitals and the remaining 728 in home isolation.
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📍More than 24.6 crore doses administered in first 55 days of the World's Largest Free-For-All Vaccination Drive launched on June 21, 2021. (As on August 15, 2021)
➡️ But this fight isn't over yet, strengthen the country's endeavour by getting #Vaccinated pic.twitter.com/1bVv3dxUmV
The health ministry further informed that the weekly positivity remained below 5 per cent and today stood at 2.00 per cent. The testing capacity has substantially ramped up as the country has conducted 49.36 crore tests so far.
The ministry also informed that 45,60,33,754 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered so far.
#Unite2FightCorona#LargestVaccineDrive
- Ministry of Health (@MoHFW_INDIA) August 15, 2021
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Assam reports 755 new #COVID19 cases, 969 recoveries and 11 deaths today.
- ANI (@ANI) August 14, 2021
Active cases: 8,429
Total cases: 5,79,488
Death toll: 5,482 pic.twitter.com/3G0oAG24CH
