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COVID-19: Nearly 10,000 Cases, 273 Deaths Reported In 24 Hours

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NEW DELHI: With a record single-day spike of 9,851 patients, India’s tally of confirmed coronavirus cases reached to 2,26,770 on Thursday, while the death count due to the disease climbed to 6,348 with 260 new fatalities, according to the Union health ministry. India has now registered over 8,000 fresh cases for the fifth consecutive day.

India now is at the seventh spot among the nations worst hit by the COVID-19 pandemic after the US, Brazil, Russia, the UK, Spain and Italy.

Maharashtra has been the worst hit with 74,860 coronavirus cases, while Tamil Nadu ranks second having 25,872 cases. National Capital Delhi has now climbed up to the third place reporting 23,645 cases of COVID-19 infection.

Maharashtra has also reported the maximum 2,587 deaths so. Gujarat is at the second spot with 1,122 deaths.

The death toll in Madhya Pradesh stands at 371, West Bengal 345, Uttar Pradesh 229, Rajasthan 209, Tamil Nadu 208, Telangana 99 and Andhra Pradesh 68.

The recovery rate of COVID-19 cases has improved to around 48 per cent in the country. A total of 3,804 people affected by COVID-19 have recovered during the last 24 hours. So far, over 1,04,000 cases have been cured.

Presently, there are 1,06,737 active cases and all are under active medical supervision.

Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has further ramped up the testing capacity for detecting the novel coronavirus in infected persons.

The number of government labs has been increased to 498 and private labs have been increased to 212.

As many as 1,39,485 samples have been tested in the last 24 hours. The total number of samples tested thus far is over 42,42,000.

Updates from States:

Gujarat: With 291 new cases of COVID-19, tally rises to 13,354 in Ahmedabad; 28 more succumb, taking the toll to 938.

Assam: Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday confirmed 285 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total number of positive cases in the state to 2,115.

Delhi: 1,359 fresh cases take Delhi’s COVID-19 tally to over 25K; death toll climbs to 650.



from League of India

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