With the single-day peak of 94,372 new positive covid-19 cases, India has reported a total of 47,54,357 cases, the Union Health Ministry said in a bulletin.
With this latest increase, the covid-19 case count stands at 47,54,357 of which, there are a total of 9,73,175 active cases while 37,02,596 patients have been cured / discharged / migrated, said the Union Ministry of Health.
The death toll from coronavirus in the country rose to 78,586 after 1,114 deaths from COVID-19 were reported in the last 24 hours.
Meanwhile, recovered covid-19 patients from India have seen an “exponential increase” from 50,000 patients in May to more than 36 lakh patients in September, which is “almost” 3.8 times active cases, he said. on Sunday the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of the Union. .
“India’s COVID-19 recoveries have seen a sharp exponential rise – from 50,000 in May to over Rs 36 lakhs in September. A high level of over 70,000 recoveries reported every day. Recoveries are nearly 3.8 times active cases (less than 1/4 in total cases) “, tweeted the Union Ministry of Health.
Continuing the trend of reporting the highest number of COVID-19 infections, Maharashtra added 22,084 new cases on Saturday, bringing the total number of cases to 10,37,765, the state health department said.
With 391 more patients succumbing to the infection, the cumulative number passed the 29,000 mark and reached 29,115, he said.
Karnataka reported 9,140 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, bringing the total number of infections to 4,49,551, while the death toll reached 7,161 with 94 deaths, the Health department said.
The total infections comprised 3,44,556 discharges, including 9,557 on Saturday, while there were 97,815 active cases in the state, including 795 in the ICU, the department said in a statement.
The number of COVID-19 cases surpassed the three lakh mark in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday with 6,846 more people contracting the viral infection, while the death toll due to the disease reached 4,349 with 68 fresh victims.
Tamil Nadu recorded 5,495 new COVID-19 infections on Saturday, bringing the tally to close to the five lakh mark with 4,97,066 positive cases reported to date, the Health department said.
Delhi recorded its biggest jump in a single day of 4,321 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, bringing the city’s tally to more than 2.14 lakh, authorities said.
This is the fourth day in a row that more than 4,000 new cases have been recorded in Delhi.
The total number of coronavirus cases has risen to 2,14,069, according to the latest bulletin issued by the Delhi health department.
The city recorded 28 deaths, bringing the death toll to 4,715, according to the bulletin.
The recovery rate of COVID-19 patients rose to 89.99 percent in Bihar on Saturday, while 1,421 new cases brought the coronavirus case count to more than 1.56 lakh in the state, the newsletter of the Health Department.
The death toll from the deadly virus rose to 808 with 11 new victims in the past 24 hours, he said.
The COVID-19 death toll in West Bengal rose to 3,887 on Saturday after 59 more patients succumbed to the virus, even as 3,161 new cases brought the tally to 1,999,493, the health department said in a bulletin.
Kerala reported 2,885 COVID-19 cases on Saturday, bringing the tally to 1.05,139, as 75,848 people have recovered from the infection so far, Health Minister KK Shailaja said.
The state had crossed the grim milestone of one lakh of cases on Friday after 2,988 people tested positive.
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