India reports 1,109 new COVID pandemic cases with 43 fatalities in single day

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Highlights

Total active cases of COVID in India have declined to 11,492 today
The total death toll in the country is now at 5,21,573
India saw a total of 1,213 discharges in the last 24 hours

COVID-19 India News Updates: India recorded 1,109 new cases of the novel coronavirus, along with 43 deaths due to the infection in the past 24 hours. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Friday (April 8), the country saw a total of 1,213 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery rate at around 98.76 per cent and total recoveries data reached to 4,25,00,002.

The total active cases of COVID-19 in India have declined to 11,492 (0.03%) the ministry data showed today.

The total death toll in the country is now at 5,21,573. In India, the first death due to the COVID pandemic was reported in March 2020.

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According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 79,25,09,451 samples have been tested up to April 7 for COVID-19. Of these 4,82,039 samples were tested on Thursday.

Meanwhile, Several reports suggested that the first case of more contagious new Covid-19 variant Omicron 'XE' was detected in Mumbai, however, it was later toned-down by the Health Ministry saying the patient was not infected with XE variant. Even though it is yet to be confirmed whether India has reported its first case of XE variant, going by the trends so far, there is nothing surprising about the discovery of the new variant of the virus.

XE variant is a slightly tuned up version of Omicron, not an all-new variant, Rajeev Jayadevan, Co-Chairman National IMA COVID task force said.

Jayadevan said the XE variant is the combination of BA.1 and BA.2 where X stands for Recombinant Type and E is the sequence of its discovery. Mutation and recombination are techniques used by viruses to become fitter.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Wednesday announced that a 50-year-old woman with a travel history to South Africa may have been infected with the newly-discovered 'XE' variant of the coronavirus. However, the Union Health Ministry denied the report which claimed that the first case of COVID-19 variant XE has been detected in India.

S. No.	Name of State / UT	Active Cases*		Cured/Discharged/Migrated*		Deaths**
		Total	Change since yesterday	Cumulative	Change since yesterday	Cumulative	Change since yesterday
		Total	Change since yesterday	Cumulative	Change since yesterday	Cumulative	Death During Day (a)	Death Reconciled (b)	Total (a+b)
1	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	1		9904		129
2	Andhra Pradesh	69	1	2304792	6	14730
3	Arunachal Pradesh	4	2	64189		296
4	Assam	1348		716210	1	6639
5	Bihar	18	5	818213	2	12256
6	Chandigarh	15	2	90755	4	1165
7	Chhattisgarh	63	7	1138092	15	14034
8	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	0		11437		4
9	Delhi	551	58	1839090	118	26155
10	Goa	40	1	241462	3	3832
11	Gujarat	73	1	1212956	9	10942
12	Haryana	336	56	974681	40	10617
13	Himachal Pradesh	89		280396	11	4133
14	Jammu and Kashmir	148	19	448947	26	4750
15	Jharkhand	17	2	429829	2	5315
16	Karnataka	1469	12	3904298	51	40056
17	Kerala***	3237	68	6463503	323	68264	2	34	36
18	Ladakh	6	1	27995	1	228
19	Lakshadweep	0		11350		52
20	Madhya Pradesh	71	7	1030377	13	10735
21	Maharashtra	828	37	7726184	159	147806	6		6
22	Manipur	46	2	134977	5	2120
23	Meghalaya	18		92169	1	1593
24	Mizoram	836	20	223813	143	687
25	Nagaland	7	1	34714	3	759
26	Odisha	261	24	1278419	52	9121
27	Puducherry	0		163812		1962
28	Punjab	62	15	741374	17	17741
29	Rajasthan	92	16	1273421	25	9552
30	Sikkim	5		38686		452
31	Tamil Nadu	247	11	3414739	37	38025
32	Telangana	249	3	787066	32	4111
33	Tripura	2		99954		922
34	Uttarakhand	471	4	429124	7	7692
35	Uttar Pradesh	309	35	2047167	61	23498	1		1
36	West Bengal	504	13	1995907	46	21200
Total#		11492	147	42500002	1213	521573	9	34	43
*** For Kerala as per the state media bulletin : 2 of deaths reported on 7th April , + 34 deaths declared as per appeal cases filed G.O(Rt) No.2110/2021/H&FWD
*(Including foreign Nationals)
**( more than 70% cases due to comorbidities )