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Coronavirus India News LIVE Updates: Active COVID-19 cases remain below 6 lakh; recovery rate improves to 92.64%
Coronavirus India News LIVE Updates: Total confirmed cases in India have risen above 85 lakh. There are 5,05,265 active cases in the country.
Coronavirus India News LIVE Updates: Today is the 232nd day since India implemented a nationwide lockdown to help curb the novel coronavirus pandemic. So far, India has recorded 85,91,730 confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 1,27,059 deaths. A total of 79,59,406 people have recuperated from COVID-19 so far. There are 5,05,265 active cases in the country as of date, which comprises 5.88 percent of the total caseload, the data stated. Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka have reported the highest number of cases. However, infections are rising rapidly in states like Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. Yet, India’s recovery rate continues to rise and now stands at 92.64 percent. 'Unlock 5.0' is underway. Globally, more than 5.03 crore people have been infected by the coronavirus and 12.55 lakh have died so far. Stay tuned to this LIVE blog for all the latest updates:
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Five most-affected states in India
Nearly 12 crore samples tested for COVID-19
India reports 38,074 new COVID-19 cases
Eli Lilly applies for emergency use of antibody drug for COVID-19
Active cases below 6 lakh
Coronavirus in Puducherry LIVE updates | Two more die of coronavirus infection in Puducherry
Puducherry posted two more deaths due to COVID-19 on Tuesday while the case tally touched 36,000 with 102 new additions. Both the deceased were women and hailed from Puducherry and Karaikal regions. Director of Health and Family Welfare Services S Mohan Kumar said in a release that the new cases were identified during the last 24 hours after examination of 3,721 samples.
The Director said of the 36,000 COVID-19 cases, 1,071 were active, 34,325 patients recovered and discharged.
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Coronavirus in India LIVE updates | Health Ministry: 448 case fatalities have been reported in the past 24 hours. Fatalities have continued to decrease with less than 500 fatalities reported for the second day.
Ten States/UTs account for nearly 78%. Although Maharashtra saw the most casualties (85), its contribution to daily deaths has decreased to 18.97%. Delhi and West Bengal follow with 71 and 56 daily deaths, respectively.
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates | Health Ministry: 72% of the new cases are from 10 States and UTs. Delhi continues to report the highest daily new cases; 5,983, which is less than its previous day tally of 7,745 new cases. Delhi is followed by West Bengal with 3,907 new cases. Kerala’s daily case has declined to 3,593 while Maharashtra’s new cases have declined to 3,277 cases although they occupy the third and fourth spot in reporting daily new cases.
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates | Health Ministry: For the 38th day today, recoveries have exceeded the daily new cases with 42,033 cases recovering in the last 24 hours. 78% of the new recovered cases are observed to be concentrated in 10 States/UTs.
Delhi has reported the maximum number of single-day recoveries with 7,014 newly recovered cases. 5,983 people recovered in Kerala followed by 4,396 in West Bengal.
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates | Health Ministry: India has registered less than 40,000 daily new cases after six days. The number of daily new cases in the last 24 hours is 38,073. For the third day in a row, daily new cases have been sustained below the 50,000 mark.
Coronavirus vaccine update | Rich countries already hoarding breakthrough candidates, warns Amnesty
Human rights organisation Amnesty International has warned that despite the significant breakthroughs by leading pharma companies in developing a COVID-19 vaccine, much of the world will be left with little benefits in the fights against the coronavirus pandemic.
Amnesty said it is concerned that wealthy nations have already started hoarding COVID-19 vaccines.
“It is great news that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is proving effective against COVID-19. However, it’s worrying that Pfizer-BioNTech has already struck deals with rich countries for more than a billion doses of its vaccine, leaving less than a quarter of its projected supply for the rest of the world,” said Tamaryn Nelson, Amnesty International’s Researcher on the Right to Health, in a statement on Monday.
Coronavirus in Jharkhand LIVE Updates | Jharkhand reports 246 new COVID-19 cases, 8 fresh fatalities
Jharkhand's COVID-19 tally rose to 1,04,688 on Tuesday as 246 more people tested positive for the infection, a health official said. Eight fresh fatalities pushed the state's coronavirus death toll to 905, he said.
The state now has 4,251 active coronavirus cases, while 99,532 people have been cured of the disease so far, the official said. Jharkhand has tested 24,388 samples for COVID-19 on Monday, he added.
Coronavirus LIVE update: Latest updates on COVID-19 crisis
> Thane's COVID-19 tally rises to 2,16,480 with 417 more reported cases.
> Arunachal Pradesh's COVID-19 tally rises to 15,484 as 48 more people tested positive for the coronavirus infection.
> The number of new coronavirus infections reported in India in a span of 24 hours dropped below 40,000 for the second time this month, as India's COVID-19 caseload rose to 85.91 lakh while the total number of recoveries neared 80 lakh.
> Mizoram reports 60 new COVID-19 cases, pushing the state's tally to 3,156, an official says.
Coronavirus in Mizoram LIVE Updates | 60 new COVID-19 cases in Mizoram; tally rises to 3,156
Mizoram on Tuesday reported 60 new COVID-19 cases, pushing the state's tally to 3,156, an official said. There are at present 498 active COVID-19 patients in the state, while a total of 2,656 people have already recovered from the virus. The COVID-19 recovery rate is in the state is 84.16 percent.
Mizoram has so far reported 2 COVID-19 deaths, both from Aizawl. A total of 1,24,730 samples have been tested till date, including 1,545 on Monday.