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Coronavirus Live Updates: Active COVID-19 cases in India stand at 5,95,501
New Delhi:
Coronavirus Live Updates: India reported 56,282 coronavirus cases in a day taking the total number of cases in the country to 19,64,536. Over 900 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours taking the total fatalities to 40,699.Active COVID-19 cases in India stand at 5,95,501, while 13,28,336 people have recovered, the Union Health Ministry said today.
While India’s recovery rate stood at 67.61 per cent this morning, the positivity rate – that indicates the percentage of patients testing positive for the highly infectious illness – stood at 8.46 per cent.
Due to the record highest daily recoveries, the active cases have reduced to 5,86,244 and comprise 30.72 per cent of the total COVID-19 caseload.
Over 2.21 crore samples have been tested so far in India, which has a population of about 130 crore people.
In the last 24 hours, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh were the five states that recorded the highest surge in Covid cases.
Here are the Live Updates on Coronavirus (COVID-19) Cases:
A total of 137 new COVID-19 cases and two deaths were reported in the Maharashtra Police force in the last 24 hours, taking the total count to 10,163.
With two more fatalities, the total deaths in the state police force reached 109.
Out of the total number of police personnel infected with coronavirus, 8,189 have recovered and 1,865 cases are active, informed the Maharashtra Police on Thursday.
Maharashtra with 1,46,268 active cases and 3,05,521 cured and discharged patients continues to be the worst affected. The state has also reported 16,476 deaths due to the infection, as per the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Odisha’s COVID-19 tally surged past the 40,000-mark on Thursday with the biggest single-day spike of 1,699 cases, even as 10 more fatalities pushed the death count to 235, a health department official said.
Ganjam district, the state’s coronavirus hotspot, reported three deaths, Sundergarh (2), and Bhadrak, Kandhamal, Keonjahr, Nabarangpur and Nayagarh one each, he said.
Another 45-year-old coronavirus positive patient from Ganjam died, but the department attributed the cause of her death to other health conditions.
Nabarangpur district reported its first COVID-19 fatality, the official said.
The state registered a total of 1,699 fresh cases, raising the tally to 40,717, he said.
A total of 2,21,49,351 samples for COVID-19 have been tested across the country as of Wednesday, said the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) today.
As many as 6,64,949 samples for COVID-19 were tested yesterday, the ICMR said.
“The total number of COVID-19 samples tested up to August 05 is 2,21,49,351 including 6,64,949 samples tested yesterday,” said the ICMR in a bulletin shared on Twitter.
Coronavirus: 56,282 Covid Cases In India In A Day, 904 Deaths; Total Cases 19,64,536A sharp surge of 56,282 new coronavirus patients in the last 24 hours took India’s COVID-19 tally to 19,64,536 cases, the Union Health Ministry said this morning, adding that number of Covid-linked deaths have crossed 40,000.
JUST IN: 56,282 coronavirus cases in India in a day, 904 deaths; total cases 19,64,536
The total number of COVID-19 samples tested up to 5th August is 2,21,49,351 including 6,64,949 samples tested yesterday: reports news agency ANI quoting Indian Council of Medical Research
Assam has crossed 50,000 coronavirus cases. With 2284 new cases on Monday, Assam has logged 50,445 cases so far. Over 14,000 cases are active in the state. Over 35,000 patients have been discharged. Till now, there have been 121 deaths in the state. Assam has done over 11 lakh Covid tests. The state’s recovery rate is 71 per cent.
Coronavirus News: US Adds 1,242 COVID-19 Deaths In 24 Hours, Shows Johns Hopkins Tally
The United States added 1,262 more deaths to its COVID-19 toll in the 24 hours ending at 8:30 pm Wednesday (0030 GMT), according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University, reported news agency AFP. The world’s largest economy also added 53,158 new cases of the virus, the Baltimore-based institution’s tracker showed. The US has now recorded 4,818,328 total cases, which have resulted in 157,930 deaths, making it by far the worst-hit country in the world.
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