India recorded 13,615 new cases of the novel coronavirus, along with 20 deaths due to the infection in the past 24 hours. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday (July 12), the country saw a total of 13,265 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery rate at around 98.50 per cent and total recoveries data reached to 4,29,96,427.
The total active cases of COVID-19 in India have risen to 1,31,043, the health ministry data showed today. Yesterday, the registered active cases were 1,30,713.
An increase of 330 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The active cases comprise 0.30 per cent of the total infections, the ministry said.
The total death toll in the country is now at 5,25 474. In India, the first death due to the COVID pandemic was reported in March 2020.
The daily positivity rate on July 12 was recorded 3.23 per cent.
Meanwhile, Maharashtra reported a dip of fifty per cent in its fresh Covid-19 cases on Monday as the state logged 1,189 new infections and two deaths, according to data provided by the health department.
The fresh additions took the state’s overall tally to 80,05,213 and the toll from the infection to 1,47,978, he said. The addition to the COVID-19 tally was 54 per cent less than the 2,591 cases reported on Sunday, the official pointed out.
Of the new cases, the Mumbai administrative circle accounted for 443, the Pune circle 371, Nashik 193, Nagpur 98, Akola 32, Aurangabad 29, Latur 13 and the Kolhapur circle 10, among others.
The two fresh deaths caused due to the respiratory illness were reported from Nashik and Ahmednagar districts, the official said.
The Tripura government has decided to reimpose the face mask mandate for people at public places in the wake of the surge in the COVID-19 cases, a senior official said on Monday.
The state registered 131 new infections since July 4, with the positivity rate swelling from 1.74 per cent to 7.12 per cent over the course of six days.
State Surveillance Officer (SSO), Deep Debbarma, told reporters on Monday, “The state-level COVID task force held a meeting during the day to review the situation, following which it was decided that masks will be mandatory for people stepping out of homes.” He said that health workers would soon kick off a mass screening drive at public places such as markets, malls, and bus stands to check the spread of the disease “After keeping a tab on the COVID-19 situation for the next one week, the task force will sit again for a meeting. If the situation takes does not change for better, the government will take stricter measures,” he said
Italy will soon start its campaign to administer a second COVID-19 booster to everyone aged over 60, the health minister said on Monday, after receiving a green light from European Union health agencies.
