The recovery rate in India has increased to 98.72 per cent.
India's COVID-19 tally increased to 4,30,06,080 on Saturday with 2,075 fresh infections, while the active cases declined further to 27,802, according to Union health ministry data.
The death count due to the viral disease climbed to 5,16,352 with 71 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.
The active cases comprise 0.06 per cent of the total infections. The national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.73 per cent, the health ministry said.
A reduction of 1,379 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.56 per cent and the weekly positivity rate stood at 0.41 per cent, the ministry said.
The last 24 hours saw a total of 3,70,514 COVID-19 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 78.22 crore tests, it said.
Here are the highlights on Coronavirus cases in India:
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67 new COVID-19 cases in Telangana
Telangana on Saturday reported just 67 new COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 7,90,756, while the deaths continued to remain at 4,111 with no fresh fatalities being reported.
A health department bulletin said 92 people recuperated from the infection and the cumulative number of recoveries till date was 7,85,932. Hyderabad reported the highest number of cases at 31.
The bulletin said 20,496 samples were tested on Saturday.
Bengal logs 33 fresh COVID-19 cases, one fatality
West Bengal on Saturday reported 33 new cases of COVID-19, 29 less than the previous day, pushing the tally to 20,16,770, a health department bulletin said. One more person died due to the infection in the last 24 hours.
The state had logged 62 coronavirus cases and one fatality on Friday.
As many as 139 patients recovered from the disease since Friday, taking the total number of COVID-19 recoveries to 19,94,594. West Bengal currently has 982 active coronavirus cases.
Delhi reports 61 COVID-19 cases, 1 deathDelhi on Saturday reported 61 fresh COVID-19 cases and one death, while the positivity rate stood at 0.68 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department.
The relatively lower number of cases came out of the lesser number of tests -- 9,011 -- conducted a day ago, which was a holiday in view of Holi festival.
With 61 fresh cases, the national capital's case count increased to 18,63,694 while the death toll rose to 26,146, the latest health bulletin stated.
Ladakh reports 5 fresh COVID-19 casesLadakh reported five fresh COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the health department of the Union Territory informed on Saturday.
As per the media bulletin released by the Directorate of Health Services UT Ladakh, no deaths were reported in Ladakh in the last 24 hours.
Further, as may as 12 patients have been discharged in last 24 hours who were infected with this virus.
COVID-19: Puducherry adds five new cases, overall tally goes up to 1,65,771The union territory of Puducherry logged five fresh coronavirus cases during the last 24 hours pushing the overall caseload to 1,65,771, a senior Health department official said on Saturday.
The union territory had not recorded any new infections in the last two days.
The five new cases were identified at the end of the examination of 329 samples, Director of Health G Sriramulu said in a release. While Puducherry reported four infections, Mahe logged the remaining one.
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The National Health Commission said both deaths occurred in Jilin, the northeastern province which has been hardest-hit by a nationwide rise in cases that has prompted lockdowns or tight restrictions in several cities.
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Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Pakistan Reports 483 Fresh COVID-19 Cases In Last 24 HoursPakistan reported 483 fresh COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) said on Saturday.
According to NCOC, a total of 39,067 samples were tested, out of which 483 turned out to be positive, ARY News reported.
The nationwide COVID-19 test positivity ratio remained 1.23 per cent, according to the NCOC data.
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Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Odisha Reports 72 New COVID-19 CasesOdisha recorded 72 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, the Health Department said.
The daily positivity rate was 0.18 per cent and 15 children were among the newly-infected, it said.
The new cases were detected after testing 44,268 samples, it added.
The state had logged 79 infections on Friday.
The death count remained at 9,106 as no new deaths were reported in the last two days.
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As many as 20,082 new COVID-19 infections were reported in the city on Friday, of which 12,116 were identified through rapid tests, Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP) reported.
As of Thursday, Hong Kong reported 996,862 COVID-19 infections and 5,136 people lost their lives to its fifth-wave COVID-19 outbreak, according to Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection (CHP).
India Covid Update TodayIndia's COVID-19 tally increased to 4,30,06,080 on Saturday with 2,075 fresh infections, while the active cases declined further to 27,802, according to Union health ministry data.
The death count due to the viral disease climbed to 5,16,352 with 71 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.
The active cases comprise 0.06 per cent of the total infections. The national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.73 per cent, the health ministry said.
A reduction of 1,379 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.56 per cent and the weekly positivity rate stood at 0.41 per cent, the ministry said.
The last 24 hours saw a total of 3,70,514 COVID-19 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 78.22 crore tests, it said.
Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Delhi Records 140 Covid Cases; Positivity Rate At 0.43%Delhi reported 140 fresh COVID-19 cases and zero death due to the viral disease on Friday, while the positivity rate was recorded at 0.43 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department.
With this, the national capital's Covid case count increased to 18,63,633, while the death count due to the disease stood at 26,145, according to the latest health bulletin issued by the department.
The number of COVID-19 tests conducted a day ago was 32,444, the bulletin said.
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Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Tamil Nadu Logs 61 New COVID-19 Cases, No Related DeathsTamil Nadu logged 61 new COVID-19 cases and zero deaths in the last 24 hours, informed the state health department on Friday.
With this, the active cases of COVID-19 in the state stood at 730.
As per data in the state government's COVID-19 bulletin, 127 people recovered from the virus in the last 24 hours taking the cumulative recoveries to 34,13,521.
In the last 24 hours, as per the state bulletin, 38,500 COVID tests were conducted in the state.
Tamil Nadu has 335 COVID-19 testing facilities. Of these 69 are government-run and 266 are privately owned.