The Covid-19 death toll rose to 655 as three more persons succumbed to the infection in the last 24 hours, he said
The fatalities were reported from Bathinda, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mansa and Pathankot as the state's death toll reached 17,701, as per the bulletin
The state's coronavirus caseload rose to 78,63,623, and death toll reached 1,43,687
So far, 2,40,791 people have been discharged post recovery, including 90 during the day, leaving the state with an active tally of 347, an official said
As on February 1, the city had cumulatively 12,312 home-isolation cases, which declined to 1,559 on February 24, and further to 1,483 on February 25
Of the new cases, 169 were reported from Gurugram while 22 were from Faridabad
At least 889 patients were discharged from hospitals during the day, taking the count of recoveries to 10,22,161, the official said, adding that the state is now left with 4,809 active cases
With this, the national capital's infection tally increased to 18,58,614 and the death toll climbed to 26,117, the latest health bulletin stated
There were 1,349 discharges, pushing the total number of recoveries in the state to 38,92,459, a health bulletin said
Among the 14 districts, Ernakulam reported the most with 637 followed by Thiruvananthapuram 523 and Kollam 364
India has so far administered 1,768,689,266 vaccine doses. That is 4123.36 per cent of its total caseload, and 126.24 per cent of its population
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The active cases comprise 0.31 per cent of the total infections
Altogether 19,90,980 people have recovered from the disease so far, including 726 in the last 24 hours
The recovery count reached 11,34,239 after 30 patients were discharged from hospitals and 430 others completed their home isolation during the day
A total of 729 patients recovered in the last 24 hours, taking the tally of such persons to 12,08,013
With 257 patients discharged or recovering at home, the number of recoveries rose to 10,35,426
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The state's positivity rate dipped to 0.9 per cent from 1.2 per cent recorded the previous day, he said
Gurugram district reported 214 fresh cases while 39 infections were from Faridabad