India reported a total of 16,866 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the country’s overall Covid tally to 4,39,05,621. The active cases increased to 1,50,877, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The death count climbed to 5,26,074 with 41 new fatalities.
The active cases comprise 0.34 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.46 per cent, the ministry said.
Ladakh logs 19 fresh cases of COVID-19, raising its tally to 28,769. All the cases were reported from Leh district, they said. So far, 228 people have succumbed to COVID-19 in Ladakh. Of these, 168 deaths were reported from Leh and 60 from Kargil, the officials said.
Odisha’s Covid tally raises to 13,07,249 on Monday as 739 more people, including 95 children, tested positive for the infection, while one fresh fatality pushed the toll to 9,133, a health bulletin said. Odisha reported 1,011 cases and one death on Sunday.
A total of 12,90,663 people have recovered from the disease to date, including 778 in the last 24 hours. 53 patients have died due to Covid comorbidities so far.
The COVID-19 tally of Andaman and Nicobar Islands rose to 10,385 on Monday as 10 more people tested positive for the infection, a health bulletin said. The Union territory had recorded 12 cases on the previous day. Nine new patients have travel history, while one infection was detected during contact tracing, it said. The archipelago now has 44 active cases, while 10,212 people have recovered from the disease so far, including 11 in the last 24 hours. A total of 129 patients have succumbed to the infection to date.
Assam reported 113 new COVID-19 cases, which pushed the tally to 7,34,861, according to a bulletin by the National Health Mission (NHM). One more death pushed the toll to 6,667, the bulletin on Monday said. At least 1,347 patients have died due to other reasons since April, 2020. Cachar reported 36 fresh cases, followed by 18 in Kamrup Metro, 10 in Dima Hasao, eight in Dibrugarh and six in Biswanath. The positivity rate marginally decreased to 10.29 per cent as against the previous day’s 10.77 per cent. The recovery rate stood at 98.16 per cent.
Mizoram on Monday registered 36 fresh COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 57.14 per cent, pushing the tally to 2,31,714, an official said. Only 63 samples were tested in the last 24 hours. The state had reported 120 cases on Sunday.
The COVID-19 tally in Arunachal Pradesh rose to 65,337 on Monday after 24 more people tested positive for the virus, a senior health department official said. The death toll remained unchanged at 296. The state had reported 82 new infections on Sunday.
Arunachal Pradesh now has 361 active cases, while 64,680 people have recovered from the disease thus far, State Surveillance Officer (SSO) Lobsang Jampa said.
Punjab’s COVID-19 tally stands at 7,70,654 with 419 fresh cases, according to a medical bulletin.The death toll reached 20,367 as four fatalities were reported from Faridkot (1), Jalandhar (2) and Patiala (1), the bulletin said. Of the fresh cases, 75 were reported from Jalandhar, 59 from Ludhiana and 57 from Mohali, the bulletin said. The active case count stands at 2,596 in Punjab.
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