Near 41% jump in daily Covid cases in India with 5,233 new infections. (Representational)
India today reported a total of 5,233 new coronavirus infections, taking the overall tally of COVID-19 cases in the country to 4,31,90,282, the Health Ministry said.
The daily positivity rate of 1.62 per cent was observed in the last 24 hours, while the weekly positivity rate was recorded to be 0.91 per cent, the health ministry said.
The active COVID-19 cases rose to 28,857 and the death count climbed to 5,24,715 with 7 deaths due to Covid in the last 24 hours, according to the government data.
Here are the Highlights on coronavirus (COVID-19) cases:
Telangana Reports 116 New Covid CasesTelangana on Wednesday continued to witness a rise in COVID-19 cases with 116 new infections being reported.
The cumulative number of positive cases rose to 7,93,907.
Hyderabad reported the highest number of cases with 83.
A Health Department bulletin said 43 people recuperated from the infection and the cumulative number of recoveries till date was 7,89,065.
The recovery rate saw a slight decline and stood at 99.39 per cent.
Madhya Pradesh Reports 39 New Covid CasesThe COVID-19 tally in Madhya Pradesh reached 10,42,875 on Wednesday with the addition of 39 cases, while the death count remained unchanged at 10,737 as no fatality was recorded in the last 24 hours, a health official said.
The positivity rate is 0.5 per cent, while the recovery count increased by 30 to touch 10,31,893, leaving the state with 245 active cases, he said.
11 New Covid Cases In Jammu And KashmirJammu and Kashmir reported 11 new Covid cases on Wednesday that took the infection tally to 4,54,301, officials said.
Of the new cases, seven were from Jammu district while four were detected in Baramulla district, they said.
There are 58 active cases while the overall recoveries have reached 4,49,491, officials said.
The COVID-19 death count stands at 4,752. No Covid-related fatality was reported in the last 24 hours, they said.
Gujarat Reports 111 New Covid CasesGujarat on Wednesday recorded 111 new cases of coronavirus, crossing the 100 mark for the first time in three months, and raising the tally of infections to 12,25,698, an official from the state health department said.
The state had last reported 128 cases on March 3, before the numbers had started declining. However, over the last few days, the state has seen a sharp rise in the daily count, which has nearly doubled from 56 cases reported on June 4.
Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Maharashtra Records 2,701 Covid casesMaharashtra on Wednesday recorded 2,701 fresh coronavirus positive cases, highest in nearly four months, but did not report any fatality, while the active caseload inched closer to the 10,000-mark at 9,806, the health department said.
As compared to Tuesday, the state witnessed 820 more cases. It had recorded 1,881 cases the previous day.
On February 17, the state had recorded 2,797 cases, but the caseload started going down gradually after that.
Sikkim Reports 4 New Covid CasesSikkim reported four fresh coronavirus cases on Wednesday, taking the tally to 39,174, a health department bulletin said.
All the new infections were detected in East Sikkim district.
Sikkim now has nine active cases, while 747 COVID-19 patients have migrated to other states and 37,966 persons have recovered from the disease.
Altogether 452 people have succumbed to the infection in the Himalayan state so far.
Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Odisha Reports 15 New COVID-19 CasesOdisha recorded 15 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, two more than the previous day, taking the tally to 12,88,545, the health department said.
The death count remained at 9,126 as there was no death due to the pathogen in the last 24 hours. Fifty-three other coronavirus patients have died due to comorbidities so far, according to a bulletin.
There are 105 active COVID-19 cases and eight more people recuperated from the disease, taking the total number of recoveries to 12,79,261, the department said.
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Mizoram Logs 15 New COVID-19 Cases, Active Cases Tally At 109Mizoram reported 15 new COVID-19 cases today, a health official said.
The state has so far reported 2,28,449 cases, while the tally remained at 700 with no new deaths in the last 24 hours.
The positivity rate was 5.54 per cent as the new cases were detected after testing 271 samples.
The state now has 109 active cases, while 2,27,640 people have recovered from the infection.
Puducherry Adds 6 New COVID-19 Cases In Last 24 Hours
Puducherry logged six fresh cases of coronavirus during last twenty-four hours ending 10 am today taking the total caseload to 1,65,910.
The department of health examined 1,029 samples during last twenty- four hours and found six new cases.
The active cases were 33. Fourteen patients recovered during the last twenty- four hours and overall recoveries were 1,63,915.
Director of Health G Sriramulu said in a release that there was no fresh fatality today and the death count remained 1,962.
The Department of Health has examined so far 22,60,389 samples and found 19,05,209 samples out of them to be negative.
He said the test positivity rate was 0.58 percent while the fatality and recovery rates were 1.18 percent and 98.80 percent, respectively.
The Health Department has administered so far 17,15,224 doses which comprised 9,67,928 first doses, 7,22,223 second doses and 25,073 booster doses.
Maharashtra's Thane Logs 313 New COVID-19 Cases In 24 HoursWith the addition of 313 new COVID-19 cases, the infection count in Maharashtra's Thane district has gone up to 7,11,626, an official said today.
These new cases were reported on Tuesday, a jump of over 100 cases from the infection tally on Monday, he said.
The death count in the district stood at 11,895 as there was no fresh fatality, he said, adding that the COVID-19 mortality rate in Thane is 1.67 per cent.
COVID-19 UPDATE - JUNE 8
India records 5,233 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours
Number of deaths due to COVID-19 in the last 24 hours: 7
India's active Covid caseload currently stands at 28,857
194.43 crore Covid vaccine doses have been administered so far under the nationwide vaccination drive
Active cases stand at 0.07%
Recovery rate currently at 98.72%
3,345 recoveries in the last 24 hours increases the total recoveries to 4,26,36,710
Daily positivity rate (1.67%)
Weekly positivity rate (1.12%)
85.35 crore total tests conducted so far; 3,13,361 tests conducted in the last 24 hours
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