Covid-19 Cases in India: The recovery rate was recorded at 97.17 per cent.
India reported a total of 58,077 new coronavirus cases on Friday. According to the Union Health Ministry, the active cases declined to 6,97,802.
While the daily positivity rate was recorded at 3.89 per cent while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 5.76 per cent, according to the ministry.
Director General of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Dr Balram Bhargava on Thursday hailed the 96 per cent nationwide COVID-19 vaccination coverage of the first dose and said that India is heading towards becoming a vaccine super-power.
Here are the Highlights on coronavirus cases in India:
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Delhi Daily Covid Cases Under 1,000 For 1st Time In 3rd Wave
Delhi on Friday reported 977 fresh COVID-19 cases for the first time in the third wave. It also reported and 12 more deaths, while the positivity rate dropped to 1.73 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department.
With this, the national capital's case count increased to 18,49,596 and the death toll climbed to 26,047, the latest health bulletin stated.
Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Ladakh Adds 131 Covid Cases, No Related Deaths Ladakh reported 131 more corona cases, taking the overall caseload in the Union Territory to 27,279 while the active cases in the union territory has gone down to 670. As many as 157 patients were cured and discharged from hospitals in Ladakh. Of these, 93 were discharged in Leh and 64 in Kargil. With these, the total number of cured patients is 26,383.
Coronavirus Updates: Puducherry registers 149 new COVID-19 casesThe Union Territory of Puducherry reported 149 new COVID-19 cases on Friday raising the overall tally to 1,65,071, a senior official said.
The number of cases showed a further dip in the daily cases as against 162 cases reported on Thursday.
In a press release, Director of Health G Sriramulu said the 149 new cases identified at the end of examination of 2,379 samples during the last 24 hours ending at 10 am on Friday were spread over Puducherry (91), Karaikal (42), Yanam (9) and Mahe (7).
The Director said the active caseload in the UT was 1,993 with 56 patients admitted in hospitals undergoing treatment and the remaining 1,937 patients recovering in home quarantine.
He said 661 patients recovered from the disease and were discharged in the last 24 hours while the overall recoveries in the UT were 1,61,121.
Coronavirus Updates: Arunachal Pradesh logs 76 new COVID-19 cases
Arunachal Pradesh reported 76 new COVID-19 cases, 14 less than the previous day, pushing the tally to 63,890 on Friday, a senior Health department official said here.
Of the 76 fresh cases, 20 were reported from the Capital Complex Region, 10 from West Kameng, Lower Subansiri (8), Lohit (7), East Siang (5) and three each from East Kameng, Leparada, Lower Dibang Valley, Namsai and Tawang district respectively, the official said.
The COVID-19 death toll in the state remained at 293, as no fresh fatality was reported in the last 24 hours.
The frontier state currently has 978 active COVID-19 cases, while 62,619 people have recuperated from the disease so far, including 229 on Thursday, State Surveillance Officer (SSO) Dr Lobsang Jampa said.
Thane's COVID-19 case count up by 261, death toll by one
Thane district of Maharashtra reported 261 new coronavirus positive cases, which took its overall tally to 7,06,722, an official said on Friday.
These new cases were reported on Thursday, he said.
With the virus claiming the life of one person during the day, the death toll in the district rose to 11,839.
Thane's mortality rate is 1.67 per cent, he added.
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COVID: 19 more deaths in Punjab, 583 casesNineteen more people died of COVID-19 in Punjab on Thursday while 583 fresh coronavirus cases took the infection tally to 7,54,367, according to a medical bulletin.
The deaths were reported from several districts including Barnala, Faridkot, Ferozepur and Gurdaspur.
The toll reached 17,554, while the number of active COVID-19 cases stands at 5,771.
Of the fresh cases, Mohali reported 89, followed by 69 in Ludhiana and 54 in Jalandhar.
A total of 381 patients are on oxygen support while 34 critical patients are on ventilator support, according to the bulletin.
7 new COVID-19 cases in Andamans, tally rises to 9,958
The COVID-19 tally of Andaman and Nicobar Islands rose to 9,958 on Friday as seven more people tested positive for the infection, a health bulletin said.
Three new patients have travel history, while four infections were detected during contact tracing, it said.
The Union territory now has 152 active cases, while 9,677 people have been cured of the disease so far, including 23 in the last 24 hours.