COVID-19: Active caseload tops 1-lakh mark first time since Feb 28 as India adds 18,819 fresh cases

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Highlights

The total death toll in the country due to COVID is now at 5,25,116
According to ICMR, over 86 crore samples have been tested up to June 29 for COVID
India saw a total of 13,827 COVID discharges in the last 24 hours

COVID-19 India News Updates: India recorded 18,819 new cases of the novel coronavirus, along with 39 deaths due to the infection in the past 24 hours. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Thursday (June 30), the country saw a total of 13,827 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery rate at around 98.56 per cent and total recoveries data reached to 4,28,22,493.

The total active cases of COVID-19 in India have risen to 1,04,555, the health ministry data showed today. Yesterday, the registered active cases were 99,602.

Massive jump in active cases:

An increase of 4,953 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The active cases comprise 0.23 per cent of the total infections, the ministry said.

As per data, Covid active cases on February 28 stood at 1,02,601. On March 1, it declined to 92,472.

The total death toll in the country is now at 5,25,116. In India, the first death due to the COVID pandemic was reported in March 2020.

The daily positivity rate in the country also spiked from 3.35 per cent on Wednesday to 4.16 today.

ICMR Testing:

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 86,23,75,489 samples have been tested up to June 29 for COVID-19. Of these 4,52,430 samples were tested on Wednesday.

Delhi COVID tally:

Meanwhile, New Delhi on Wednesday recorded 1,109 cases of the novel coronavirus with one fatality, the health department said. For the last two days, Delhi had reported less than 1,000 cases. The positivity rate stands at 5.87 per cent. Wednesday's cases were detected out of 18,886 tests conducted the previous day. With the fresh infections, Delhi's case tally climbed to 19,34,009. The death toll due to the infection rose to 26,261.

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On Tuesday, Delhi had recorded 874 fresh COVID-19 cases and four fatalities due to the infection, while the positivity rate was at 5.18 per cent. The national capital reported 628 Covid cases and three deaths due to the viral disease on Monday, while the positivity rate was recorded at 8.06 per cent. The health department had not issued a bulletin on Sunday.

On Saturday, the city saw six deaths due to Covid while the positivity rate was 7.8 per cent. On Friday, the city logged 1,447 Covid cases and one death, while the positivity rate was 5.98 per cent. Delhi had recorded 1,934 Covid cases and zero death on Thursday, while the positivity rate was 8.1 per cent.

Of the 9,497 beds for Covid patients in the city hospitals, only 273 are occupied, down from 292 a day ago, while the beds at Covid care centres and Covid health centres are lying vacant, the department said. With a surge in the number of Covid cases in Delhi lately, hospitals have also been witnessing a slight increase in admissions, but most of the patients have co-morbid conditions, doctors say.

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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	38	3	9982	9	129
2	Andhra Pradesh	658	73	2305818	99	14731
3	Arunachal Pradesh	6	1	64216		296
4	Assam	362	56	716365	12	7988
5	Bihar	886	111	819258	98	12259	2		2
6	Chandigarh	519	17	92016	79	1165
7	Chhattisgarh	851	94	1139166	92	14036
8	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	15	2	11451	1	4
9	Delhi	4482	71	1902158	941	26260	4		4
10	Goa	932	9	243569	156	3838	3		3
11	Gujarat	2793	227	1217215	248	10946
12	Haryana	2649	227	1001610	664	10622
13	Himachal Pradesh	441	74	281374	46	4141
14	Jammu and Kashmir	405	46	449772	22	4756
15	Jharkhand	279	22	430215	31	5320
16	Karnataka	4918	630	3921387	337	40115	1		1
17	Kerala***	28086	167	6532201	2814	69976		12	12
18	Ladakh	67	8	28094	5	228
19	Lakshadweep	2		11353		52
20	Madhya Pradesh	454	11	1032955	80	10741
21	Maharashtra	25481	89	7795121	3566	147915	5		5
22	Manipur	16	2	135124		2120
23	Meghalaya	41	4	92284	2	1594
24	Mizoram	231	43	228075	21	703
25	Nagaland	3		34743		761
26	Odisha	521	64	1279794	49	9126
27	Puducherry	247	13	164149	31	1962
28	Punjab	984	63	743778	130	17770	1		1
29	Rajasthan	904	24	1277720	109	9564	1		1
30	Sikkim	23	5	38742	3	453
31	Tamil Nadu	8970	748	3424293	736	38026
32	Telangana	4172	212	791708	247	4111
33	Tripura	5	4	99971	4	923
34	Uttarakhand	768	40	430151	16	7696
35	Uttar Pradesh	3634	133	2062336	651	23534	1		1
36	West Bengal	4759	679	2000502	275	21216
	Total#		2902	42808666	11574	525077	13	12	30
***Kerala 17-No of deaths declared by GoK, further details as below: 2 No. Of Deaths in Last 24 Hrs; 13 Deaths declared in the last 24 hrs but of previous days because of late receiving of documents; 2 No of deaths declared as per appeal G.O.(Rt) No.2110/2021/H&FWD (Appeal Cases Filed)
*(Including foreign Nationals)
**( more than 70% cases due to comorbidities )