COVID-19: India reports 2,756 fresh cases in last 24 hours, active cases come down to 28,593
COVID-19: The total active cases in India have decreased to 28,593, the health ministry data showed on Sunday.
COVID-19 cases in India: India recorded 2,756 new cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Sunday (October 9), the total recovery rate reached at around 98.75 per cent and total recoveries data reached to 4,40,54,621.
The total active cases of COVID-19 in India have decreased to 28,593, the health ministry data showed today. Yesterday, the registered active cases were around 29,251.
Active cases:
A decrease of 658 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The active cases comprise 0.06 per cent of the total infections, the ministry said.
The total death toll in the country is now at 5,28,799. In India, the first death due to the COVID pandemic was reported in March 2020.
The daily positivity rate on October 9 was recorded 1.15 per cent.
ICMR Testing:
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 89,69,87,772 samples have been tested up to October 8 for COVID-19. Of these 2,39,546 samples were tested on Saturday.
Delhi COVID tally:
Delhi on Saturday recorded one more Covid-related fatality and 137 new cases with a positivity rate of 1.73 per cent, according to data issued by the city health department. With these fresh cases, Delhi's COVID-19 tally has climbed to 20,04,041 while the death toll has risen to 26,505, the department said in its latest bulletin.
The new cases were detected from 7,900 tests conducted the previous day, it said. Delhi on Friday reported one fatality and 101 new Covid cases with a positivity rate of 1.38 per cent.
The city on Thursday logged 57 Covid cases with a positivity rate of 2.19 per cent. The capital on Wednesday saw 96 cases with a positivity rate of 1.42 per cent, while it logged 74 new infections with a positivity rate of 1.07 per cent on Tuesday. On Monday, it reported one Covid-related fatality and 39 new cases with a positivity rate of 1.56 per cent.
| S. No. | Name of State / UT | Active Cases | Cured/Discharged/Migrated | Deaths | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Change since yesterday | Cumulative | Change since yesterday | Cumulative | |||||||
| Death During Day | |||||||||||
| 1 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 18 | 2 | 10561 | 1 | 129 | |||||
| 2 | Andhra Pradesh | 162 | 6 | 2323605 | 17 | 14733 | |||||
| 3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 14 | 4 | 66551 | 1 | 296 | |||||
| 4 | Assam | 2639 | 8 | 735050 | 13 | 8035 | |||||
| 5 | Bihar | 95 | 1 | 838267 | 24 | 12302 | |||||
| 6 | Chandigarh | 32 | 2 | 98025 | 1 | 1181 | |||||
| 7 | Chhattisgarh | 322 | 37 | 1162214 | 43 | 14137 | |||||
| 8 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 1 | 11582 | 4 | |||||||
| 9 | Delhi | 397 | 31 | 1977139 | 105 | 26505 | 1 | ||||
| 10 | Goa* | 151 | 10 | 254180 | 30 | 3966 | |||||
| 11 | Gujarat | 706 | 13 | 1263668 | 74 | 11036 | |||||
| 12 | Haryana | 216 | 14 | 1044316 | 34 | 10707 | |||||
| 13 | Himachal Pradesh | 102 | 5 | 308003 | 12 | 4210 | |||||
| 14 | Jammu and Kashmir | 65 | 12 | 474361 | 16 | 4785 | |||||
| 15 | Jharkhand | 64 | 1 | 437019 | 10 | 5330 | |||||
| 16 | Karnataka | 2621 | 39 | 4022714 | 124 | 40287 | |||||
| 17 | Kerala*** | 5895 | 548 | 6735392 | 1272 | 71250 | |||||
| 18 | Ladakh | 23 | 2 | 29108 | 1 | 231 | |||||
| 19 | Lakshadweep | 0 | 11363 | 52 | |||||||
| 20 | Madhya Pradesh | 98 | 4 | 1043554 | 11 | 10773 | |||||
| 21 | Maharashtra | 2267 | 43 | 7973675 | 521 | 148357 | 2 | ||||
| 22 | Manipur | 15 | 137661 | 2149 | |||||||
| 23 | Meghalaya | 28 | 2 | 95069 | 5 | 1622 | |||||
| 24 | Mizoram | 101 | 10 | 237748 | 15 | 723 | |||||
| 25 | Nagaland | 1 | 35180 | 781 | |||||||
| 26 | Odisha | 676 | 82 | 1324912 | 9199 | ||||||
| 27 | Puducherry | 199 | 1 | 172670 | 22 | 1974 | |||||
| 28 | Punjab** | 143 | 15 | 764101 | 16 | 17917 | |||||
| 29 | Rajasthan | 251 | 21 | 1303538 | 67 | 9644 | |||||
| 30 | Sikkim | 25 | 3 | 43689 | 6 | 498 | |||||
| 31 | Tamil Nadu | 4845 | 132 | 3543691 | 497 | 38048 | 1 | ||||
| 32 | Telangana | 490 | 1 | 833858 | 84 | 4111 | |||||
| 33 | Tripura | 13 | 4 | 106861 | 4 | 939 | |||||
| 34 | Uttarakhand | 979 | 6 | 440530 | 2 | 7751 | |||||
| 35 | Uttar Pradesh | 385 | 10 | 2102555 | 60 | 23623 | |||||
| 36 | West Bengal | 1963 | 63 | 2092211 | 305 | 21514 | 1 | ||||
| Total# | 28593 | 658 | 44054621 | 3393 | 528799 | 5 | |||||
| *Kerala: Additionally, 16 deaths are reconciled by State (as per ICMR guidelines). | |||||||||||
| **Punjab: Active cases and recoveries updated after reconcilation of Punjab data- Mortality data of Punjab being reconciled. | |||||||||||
| ***Assam- Covid data awaited. | |||||||||||