NEW DELHI: India’s Covid-19 count surpassed 34 lakh with a single-day increase of 76,472 cases, while the number of recoveries increased to 26,48,998, bringing the recovery rate to 76.47 percent on Saturday, according to the Union Ministry of Health. .
The total number of Covid-19 cases rose to 34,63,972, while the death toll due to the disease rose to 62,550 and 1,021 people succumbed to it in a 24-hour span, the ministry’s data updated at 12:30 am showed. 8 am.
The Covid-19 fatality rate has dropped further to 1.81 percent in the country.
There are currently 7,52,424 active cases of coronavirus in the country, representing 21.72 percent of the total cases, the data showed.
India’s Covid-19 count had crossed the 20 lakh mark on August 7 and the 30 lakh mark on August 23.
According to the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR), as of August 28, a total of 4,04,066.09 samples were tested for Covid-19, including 9,28,761 on Friday.
Of the 1,021 recent deaths, 331 occurred in Maharashtra, 136 in Karnataka, 102 in Tamil Nadu, 81 in Andhra Pradesh, 77 in Uttar Pradesh, 56 in West Bengal, 51 in Punjab, 20 in Bihar and Delhi, 17 in Madhya Pradesh , 15 in Haryana, 14 in Gujarat, 12 in Rajasthan, 11 in Uttarakhand.
Nine deaths were reported each from Puducherry and Telangana, eight from Assam, Jharkhand and Odisha, seven from Jammu and Kashmir and Kerala, six from Chhattisgarh, five from Tripura, four from Goa, two from Chandigarh, Manipur and Meghalaya, while Ladakh recorded one death.
Of the total of 62,550 deaths, Maharashtra accounted for the highest of 23,775, followed by Tamil Nadu (7,050), Karnataka (5,368), Delhi (4,389), Andhra Pradesh (3,714), Uttar Pradesh (3,294), West Bengal (3,073), Gujarat (2,976) and Madhya Pradesh (1,323).
So far, 1,307 people have died of Covid-19 in Punjab, 1,017 in Rajasthan, 808 in Telangana, 678 in Jammu and Kashmir, 661 in Haryana, 558 in Bihar, 456 in Odisha, 381 in Jharkhand, 286 in Assam, 274 in Kerala, 251 in Chhattisgarh and 239 in Uttarakhand.
Puducherry has registered 199 deaths from Covid-19, Goa 175, Tripura 94, Chandigarh 45, Andaman and Nicobar islands 42, Himachal Pradesh 33, Ladakh 28, Manipur 27, Meghalaya 10, Nagaland nine, Arunachal Pradesh five, Sikkim three and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu two.
The Health Ministry said that more than 70 percent of the deaths occurred from comorbidities.
“Our figures are being reconciled with the Indian Council for Medical Research,” the ministry said on its website, adding that a state distribution of the figures is subject to further verification and reconciliation.
The total number of Covid-19 cases rose to 34,63,972, while the death toll due to the disease rose to 62,550 and 1,021 people succumbed to it in a 24-hour span, the ministry’s data updated at 12:30 am showed. 8 am.
The Covid-19 fatality rate has dropped further to 1.81 percent in the country.
There are currently 7,52,424 active cases of coronavirus in the country, representing 21.72 percent of the total cases, the data showed.
India’s Covid-19 count had crossed the 20 lakh mark on August 7 and the 30 lakh mark on August 23.
According to the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR), as of August 28, a total of 4,04,066.09 samples were tested for Covid-19, including 9,28,761 on Friday.
Of the 1,021 recent deaths, 331 occurred in Maharashtra, 136 in Karnataka, 102 in Tamil Nadu, 81 in Andhra Pradesh, 77 in Uttar Pradesh, 56 in West Bengal, 51 in Punjab, 20 in Bihar and Delhi, 17 in Madhya Pradesh , 15 in Haryana, 14 in Gujarat, 12 in Rajasthan, 11 in Uttarakhand.
Nine deaths were reported each from Puducherry and Telangana, eight from Assam, Jharkhand and Odisha, seven from Jammu and Kashmir and Kerala, six from Chhattisgarh, five from Tripura, four from Goa, two from Chandigarh, Manipur and Meghalaya, while Ladakh recorded one death.
Of the total of 62,550 deaths, Maharashtra accounted for the highest of 23,775, followed by Tamil Nadu (7,050), Karnataka (5,368), Delhi (4,389), Andhra Pradesh (3,714), Uttar Pradesh (3,294), West Bengal (3,073), Gujarat (2,976) and Madhya Pradesh (1,323).
So far, 1,307 people have died of Covid-19 in Punjab, 1,017 in Rajasthan, 808 in Telangana, 678 in Jammu and Kashmir, 661 in Haryana, 558 in Bihar, 456 in Odisha, 381 in Jharkhand, 286 in Assam, 274 in Kerala, 251 in Chhattisgarh and 239 in Uttarakhand.
Puducherry has registered 199 deaths from Covid-19, Goa 175, Tripura 94, Chandigarh 45, Andaman and Nicobar islands 42, Himachal Pradesh 33, Ladakh 28, Manipur 27, Meghalaya 10, Nagaland nine, Arunachal Pradesh five, Sikkim three and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu two.
The Health Ministry said that more than 70 percent of the deaths occurred from comorbidities.
“Our figures are being reconciled with the Indian Council for Medical Research,” the ministry said on its website, adding that a state distribution of the figures is subject to further verification and reconciliation.
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