COVID-19: India reports 2,468 fresh cases in last 24 hours, active cases come down to 33,318
COVID-19: The total active cases in India have decreased to 33,318, the health ministry data showed on Wednesday.
COVID-19 cases in India: India recorded 2,468 new cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Wednesday (October 5), the total recovery rate reached at around 98.74 per cent and total recoveries data reached to 4,40,39,883.
The total active cases of COVID-19 in India have decreased to 33,318, the health ministry data showed today. Yesterday, the registered active cases were around 34,598.
Active cases:
A decrease of 1,280 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The active cases comprise 0.07 per cent of the total infections, the ministry said.
The total death toll in the country is now at 5,28,733. In India, the first death due to the COVID pandemic was reported in March 2020.
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Delhi COVID tally:
Delhi on Tuesday recorded 74 fresh Covid cases with a positivity rate of 1.07 per cent, according to data issued by the city health department. No Covid-related fatality was reported, the department said in its latest bulletin.
With the new cases, Delhi's COVID-19 tally has climbed to 20,03,650 while the death toll stands at 26,503, it said. The new cases were detected from 6,903 tests conducted the previous day, it said.
On Monday, the capital reported one Covid-related fatality and 39 new cases with a positivity rate of 1.56 per cent. Delhi on Sunday logged 76 cases with a positivity rate of 1.12 per cent.
On Saturday, it saw 92 COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 1.20 per cent, while it recorded 87 infections with a positivity rate of 1.19 per cent, and one fatality due to it on Friday. The capital on Thursday recorded 75 COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 0.87 per cent. On Tuesday, Delhi recorded 73 cases with a positivity rate of 0.90 per cent and one death.
The number of active COVID-19 cases in Delhi stands at 359.A total of 262 patients are under home isolation, the bulletin said. Of the 8,857 beds reserved for COVID-19 patients in various city hospitals, 40 are occupied, it said. There are 45 containment zones in Delhi, it added.
| 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 | 23 | 1 | 10545 | 5 | 129 | |||||
| 2 | Andhra Pradesh | 193 | 5 | 2323478 | 32 | 14733 | |||||
| 3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 12 | 1 | 66543 | 2 | 296 | |||||
| 4 | Assam | 2636 | 74 | 735003 | 94 | 8035 | |||||
| 5 | Bihar | 172 | 7 | 838142 | 33 | 12302 | |||||
| 6 | Chandigarh | 25 | 2 | 98010 | 3 | 1181 | |||||
| 7 | Chhattisgarh | 375 | 8 | 1161974 | 45 | 14135 | |||||
| 8 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 1 | 11582 | 4 | |||||||
| 9 | Delhi | 359 | 3 | 1976788 | 71 | 26503 | |||||
| 10 | Goa* | 212 | 4 | 254015 | 36 | 3966 | |||||
| 11 | Gujarat | 718 | 61 | 1263316 | 141 | 11035 | |||||
| 12 | Haryana | 222 | 9 | 1044157 | 54 | 10706 | |||||
| 13 | Himachal Pradesh | 111 | 12 | 307946 | 22 | 4210 | |||||
| 14 | Jammu and Kashmir | 105 | 9 | 474290 | 15 | 4785 | |||||
| 15 | Jharkhand | 56 | 4 | 436987 | 4 | 5330 | |||||
| 16 | Karnataka | 2737 | 56 | 4022200 | 178 | 40286 | 1 | ||||
| 17 | Kerala*** | 8151 | 577 | 6729927 | 1238 | 71209 | |||||
| 18 | Ladakh | 17 | 3 | 29097 | 231 | ||||||
| 19 | Lakshadweep | 0 | 11363 | 52 | |||||||
| 20 | Madhya Pradesh | 112 | 1043486 | 13 | 10772 | 1 | |||||
| 21 | Maharashtra | 2715 | 24 | 7971775 | 429 | 148349 | 2 | ||||
| 22 | Manipur | 11 | 2 | 137658 | 2149 | ||||||
| 23 | Meghalaya | 40 | 2 | 95046 | 2 | 1622 | |||||
| 24 | Mizoram | 78 | 10 | 237689 | 38 | 723 | |||||
| 25 | Nagaland | 5 | 1 | 35175 | 1 | 781 | |||||
| 26 | Odisha | 928 | 79 | 1324399 | 169 | 9198 | 1 | ||||
| 27 | Puducherry | 247 | 1 | 172489 | 26 | 1974 | |||||
| 28 | Punjab** | 164 | 9 | 763988 | 12 | 17917 | 1 | ||||
| 29 | Rajasthan | 320 | 16 | 1303326 | 32 | 9642 | 1 | ||||
| 30 | Sikkim | 45 | 8 | 43653 | 9 | 498 | |||||
| 31 | Tamil Nadu | 5256 | 83 | 3541703 | 526 | 38047 | |||||
| 32 | Telangana | 585 | 24 | 833486 | 98 | 4111 | |||||
| 33 | Tripura | 15 | 9 | 106851 | 11 | 939 | |||||
| 34 | Uttarakhand | 984 | 2 | 440501 | 12 | 7751 | |||||
| 35 | Uttar Pradesh | 424 | 55 | 2102344 | 97 | 23622 | |||||
| 36 | West Bengal | 2673 | 195 | 2090951 | 283 | 21510 | 1 | ||||
| Total# | 33318 | 1280 | 44039883 | 3731 | 528733 | 8 | |||||
| *Kerala: Additionally, 09 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. | |||||||||||