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Delhi records 137 new Covid cases, two deaths; positivity rate 1.36%

Delhi recorded two more deaths due to COVID-19 and 137 fresh cases of the infection with a positivity rate of 1.36 per cent on Sunday, according to the data shared by the city health department. The new cases were detected from the 11,685 tests conducted the previous day, the department said in its latest bulletin. With the new cases and fatalities, Delhi's COVID-19 tally has climbed to 20,01,706 and the death toll has gone up to 26,493, according to the bulletin. The national capital recorded no death due to Covid and 137 fresh cases of the infection with a positivity rate of 1.17 per cent on Saturday. On Friday, the city logged 123 fresh Covid cases with a positivity rate of 1.06 per cent and four fatalities. On Thursday, it reported 182 fresh Covid cases with a positivity rate of 1.37 per cent and three fatalities. The day before, it recorded 177 fresh cases of the viral disease with a positivity rate of 1.36 per cent and two deaths. The government did not issue a bulletin on

Maharashtra reports 701 new Covid-19 cases, 3 deaths in 24 hours

Maharashtra on Sunday recorded 701 new cases of coronavirus and three deaths due to the infection, a state health department official said. With this, the tally of infections in the state has risen to 81,10,832 and the toll reached 1,48,288, he said. Mumbai circle accounted for 365 cases, followed by 182 in the Pune circle, Kolhapur 36, Nagpur 32, Latur 30, Nashik 25, Akola 20 and Aurangabad 11, the official said. Of the three fatalities, one was reported in Mumbai city, while two were from Satara district in Pune circle, he said. At least 1,056 patients recovered from the infection in the last 24 hours, taking the count of recoveries in Maharashtra to 79,56,324, the official said. Maharashtra currently has 6,220 active COVID-19 cases of which Mumbai has the highest 1,711 cases, followed by 1,437 and 1,370 cases in Thane and Pune districts respectively. The state's recovery rate is at 98.10 per cent and the fatality rate stands at 1.82 per cent, he said. With 18,495 swab samples

Mumbai records 187 new Covid-19 cases, 1 death, 375 recoveries in a day

Mumbai on Sunday recorded 187 COVID-19 cases and one death, which took the tally in the metropolis to 11,47,978 and the toll to 19,718, a civic official said. The recovery count increased by 375 to touch 11,26,549, leaving the city with 1,711 active cases, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation official said. Of the new cases, only 13 are symptomatic, taking the total number of such patients to 216, he added. BMC data showed the recovery rate was 98.1 per cent and the growth rate of cases between September 4 and September 10 stood at 0.024 per cent. The overall number of coronavirus tests carried out in the city was 1,81,75,335, including 4,801 in the last 24 hours, as per official data. The caseload doubling time was 2,962 days, it added.

Data story: India logs 5,076 new Covid cases; death toll at 528,150

India has added 38,824 cases in the past 7 days.

Data story: India logs 5,379 new Covid cases; death toll at 528,057

India has so far administered 2,139,149,934 vaccine doses

Data story: India logs 4,417 new Covid cases; active tally at 52,336

India has added 48,277 cases in the past 7 days

India will not witness a fourth wave of Covid-19, say health experts

Dr Pragya Yadav, senior scientist at the government's ICMR-NIV institute in Pune, said there is no cause for worry until new variants of concern (VoCs) spread in India

Data story: India logs 5,910 new Covid cases; death toll at 528,007

India has added 46,722 cases in the past 7 days

Data story: India logs 6,799 new Covid cases; active tally at 55,114

India has added 57,419 cases in the past 7 days

Delhi logs 236 new Covid-19 cases, 3 more deaths in a single day

Delhi on Saturday recorded three coronavirus-related deaths and 236 fresh cases with a reduced positivity rate of 1.68 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department here. The new cases came out of 14,023 tests conducted the previous day, the department said in its latest bulletin. Delhi on Friday logged two Covid-related deaths and 299 cases with a positivity rate of 2.17 per cent. With the fresh cases, Delhi's infection tally increased to 20,00,423. The death toll from the pandemic climbed to 26,477 in the national capital. Delhi on Thursday recorded three fatalities and 271 cases with a positivity rate of 2.07 per cent. The city on Wednesday logged two coronavirus-related deaths and 377 cases with a positivity rate of 2.58 per cent. The capital on Tuesday reported 382 fresh COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 2.85 per cent, along with five fatalities. On Monday, it reported 214 COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 3.77 per cent, along with four ...

Mumbai reports 394 new Covid-19 cases, 2 deaths; active tally now 3,183

Mumbai on Saturday reported 394 COVID-19 cases and two deaths, which took the metropolis' tally to 11,45,891 and the toll to 19,707, a civic official said. A day before, Mumbai had reported 402 new cases and three fatalities, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation official pointed out. The recovery count increased by 623 in the last 24 hours and reached 11,23,001, which left the city with 3,183 active cases, he said. Of the new cases, only 29 are symptomatic, the official said. So far, 1,81,18,712 samples have been examined for coronavirus, including 8,509 in the last 24 hours, which is higher than the 5,834 tests conducted in the preceding 24-hour period. The recovery rate stands at 98 per cent, while the overall growth rate of COVID-19 cases between August 27 and September 2 was 0.041 per cent. The caseload doubling time stood at 1,673 days, as per BMC data.

Maharashtra sees 1,272 Covid cases, 4 deaths, 1,771 recoveries in 24 hours

Maharashtra on Saturday reported 1,272 COVID-19 cases and four deaths, which took the state's tally to 81,03,649 and the toll to 1,48,261, an official said. This was a slight rise from the 1,258 cases reported on Friday, which also saw six deaths, he pointed out. Of the new cases, 713 were from Mumbai circle, followed by Pune circle (328) Kolhapur (64), Nagpur circle (59), Nashik circle (47), Latur circle (39), Akola circle (13) and Aurangabad circle (9), he said. The four deaths comprised three in Mumbai circle and one in Akola circle, the official added. The recovery count increased by 1,771 in the last 24 hours to touch 79,46,694, leaving the state with an active caseload of 8,694, he said. Mumbai led with 3,183 active cases, followed by 2,001 in Thane and 1,681 in Pune, the official added. State health department data revealed the recovery rate was 98.06 per cent and the fatality rate stood at 1.82 per cent. The overall number of coronavirus tests in the state was 8,41,89,62

Odisha reports 174 new Covid-19 cases, 1 death in the last 24 hours

Odisha's COVID-19 tally rose to 13,28,244 on Saturday as 174 more people, including 13 children, tested positive for the infection, a health bulletin said. The toll rose to 9,179 as a 74-year-old man succumbed to the disease in Bhubaneswar. Fifty-three other patients have died due to comorbidities so far, it said. Odisha had recorded 226 infections and a fatality on Friday. The state now has 1,734 active COVID-19 cases, while 236 more people recuperated from the disease in the last 24 hours, taking the total recoveries to 13,17,278. The daily positivity rate was at 1.32 per cent as 13,217 samples were tested for the infection in the last 24 hours.

Maharashtra logs 781 new Covid cases, 4 deaths; active tally below 10,000

Maharashtra on Thursday recorded 781 fresh coronavirus cases, 638 of them in Mumbai alone and a steep drop from a day ago, while four more patients succumbed to the infection in the state, the health department said. With these additions, the state's overall COVID-19 tally reached 81,01,119, while the death toll increased to 1,48,251, the department said in a bulletin. On Wednesday, the state had recorded 1,600 cases and five fatalities due to the viral infection. Mumbai logged 638 fresh cases -- around 90 per cent of the statewide cases -- and registered all the four deaths in Maharashtra linked to coronavirus in the last 24 hours, said the bulletin. The state's COVID-19 fatality rate stood at 1.83 per cent. The department said 1,523 patients recovered from the coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours, taking their cumulative count to 79,42,981 and leaving the state with 9,887 active cases. As many as 15,496 new coronavirus tests were conducted in the state, pushing up ...

Delhi logs 271 new Covid-19 cases, 3 deaths; positivity rate at 2.07%

Delhi on Thursday recorded three more Covid-related deaths and 271 fresh cases with a positivity rate of 2.07 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department here. The new cases came out of 13,096 tests conducted the previous day, the department said in its latest bulletin. Delhi on Wednesday recorded two Covid-related deaths and 377 cases with a positivity rate of 2.58 per cent. With the fresh cases, Delhi's infection tally has increased to 19,99,888, while the death toll climbed to 26,472, it said. The capital on Tuesday reported 382 fresh COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 2.85 per cent, along with five fatalities. Delhi on Monday reported 214 COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 3.77 per cent, along with four deaths. The city on Sunday logged 397 COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 3.05 per cent and five fatalities. The health department did not issue the daily bulletin on Saturday, while on Friday, Delhi had recorded 620 COVID-19 cases with

Data story: India logs 7,946 new Covid cases; 37 deaths in 24 hrs

India has added 57,419 cases in the past 7 days

Data story: India records 9,808 new Covid cases; death toll at 527,874

India has added 60,198 cases in the past 7 days

Delhi reports 382 new Covid cases, 5 deaths; positivity rate at 2.85%

Delhi on Tuesday reported 382 fresh COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 2.85 per cent, while five more people died due to the infection, according to data shared by the city health department here. The new cases came out of 13,382 tests conducted the previous day, the department said in its latest bulletin. With the fresh cases and fatalities, Delhi's infection tally increased to 19,99,240 and the death toll climbed to 26,467, it said. Delhi on Monday reported 214 COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 3.77 per cent, along with four deaths. The city on Sunday logged 397 COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 3.05 per cent and five fatalities. The health department did not issue the daily bulletin on Saturday. On Friday, Delhi recorded 620 COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 3.74 per cent and two fatalities. It logged 702 cases on Thursday with a positivity rate of 4.49 per cent and four fatalities. The number of active COVID-19 cases in Delhi stands at 2,226, down

'Daily wage earners' biggest group among death by suicides in 2021: NCRB

NCRB's report titled "Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India" showed that the professional group of "daily wage earners" has been the largest group to die by suicide for the past two years

Data story: India logs 7,591 new Covid cases; death toll at 527,799

India has added 66,763 cases in the past 7 days