Coronavirus: India's tally reaches 10.73 million with 13K new cases
India on Friday reported more than 13,000 fresh coronavirus infections, pushing the nationwide tally to 10.73 million cases. Meanwhile, at least 130 more patients died in the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 1,54,204. Kerala, which is among the worst-hit Indian states, continued to report a high daily positivity rate in coronavirus infections. Here are more updates.
Health Ministry confirms 1,07,20,048 COVID-19 cases, 1,54,010 deaths
Till Friday morning, the Health Ministry had reported 1,07,20,048 COVID-19 cases, including 1,54,010 deaths, 1,71,686 active cases, and 1,03,94,352 recoveries. According to data compiled from state/UT statistics, India reported 1,07,33,917 cases and 1,54,204 deaths till Friday night. Over 10.4 million have recovered. 165 people have tested positive for the UK strain in India, government data showed. Meanwhile, 33,68,734 people have been vaccinated in India.
How India's worst-hit states fared on Friday
Maharashtra: 20,21,184 total cases, 51,000 deaths, 19,25,800 recoveries. Karnataka: 9,38,401 total cases, 12,211 deaths, 9,20,110 recoveries. Kerala: 9,17,630 total cases, 3,704 deaths, 8,41,444 recoveries. Andhra Pradesh: 8,87,591 total cases, 7,152 deaths, 8,79,131 recoveries. Tamil Nadu: 8,37,327 total cases, 12,345 deaths, 8,20,381 recoveries. Delhi: 6,34,773 total cases, 10,841 deaths, 6,22,381 recoveries. Uttar Pradesh: 5,99,837 total cases, 8,646 deaths, 5,85,273 recoveries.
6.2K new cases in Kerala; Maharashtra reports 2.7K fresh infections
Kerala reported 6,268 new cases, marking a daily positivity rate of 10.6% with 58,815 tests. The Centre has asked states to limit the positivity rate under 5%. 2,771 more people tested positive in Maharashtra, marking a daily positivity rate of 4.2% with 66,136 tests. In Chhattisgarh, daily infections stood at 370. The tally has climbed to 3,04,689, including 3,689 deaths and 2,96,642 recoveries.
Delhi reports 249 more cases; Bengal's tally reaches 5.69 lakh
249 more people tested positive in Delhi. The daily positivity rate stood at 0.42% with 58,725 tests conducted on Thursday. West Bengal reported a spike of 286 new cases, pushing the state's tally to 5,69,459. 10,155 patients have died in the state while 5,53,593 have recovered. Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, and Andhra Pradesh reported 509, 468, 216, and 125 new cases respectively.
