COVID-19: India registers 17,070 fresh cases, 23 deaths in last 24 hours; active cases jump to 1,07,189

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Highlights

According to ICMR, 86,28,77,639 samples have been tested up to June 30 for COVID
The total death toll in the country due to coronavirus is now at 5,25,139
India saw a total of 14,413 discharges in the last 24 hours

COVID-19 India News Updates: India recorded 17,070 new cases of the novel coronavirus, along with 23 deaths due to the infection in the past 24 hours. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Friday (July 1), the country saw a total of 14,413 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery rate at around 98.55 per cent and total recoveries data reached to 4,28,36,906.

The total active cases of COVID-19 in India have risen to 1,07,189, the health ministry data showed today. Yesterday, the registered active cases were 1,04,555.

Massive jump in active cases:

An increase of 2,634 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The active cases comprise 0.24 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 5,25,139. In India, the first death due to the COVID pandemic was reported in March 2020.

The daily positivity rate on July 1 was recorded 3.40 per cent.

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ICMR Testing:

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 86,28,77,639 samples have been tested up to June 30 for COVID-19. Of these 5,02,150 samples were tested on Thursday.

Maharashtra COVID tally:

Meanwhile, Maharashtra on Thursday reported 3,640 new cases of Covid-19 and three deaths, according to data released by the state's health department. The state's coronavirus tally declined from Wednesday when 3,957 COVID-19 cases and seven fatalities were recorded in the state.

In the last 24 hours, the state recorded 4,432 recoveries. The tally of active cases climbed to 24,490, data showed.

Mumbai on Thursday logged 1,265 new coronavirus cases, about 16 per cent less than the previous day, while one more patient succumbed to the infection, the city civic body said. With these additions, the overall COVID-19 tally in the city increased to 11,12,492, while the death toll rose to 19,610, said the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in a bulletin.

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	42	4	9986	4	129
2	Andhra Pradesh	755	97	2305893	75	14731
3	Arunachal Pradesh	4	2	64218	2	296
4	Assam	395	33	716405	40	7988
5	Bihar	934	48	819388	130	12259
6	Chandigarh	568	49	92052	36	1165
7	Chhattisgarh	861	10	1139282	116	14036
8	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	14	1	11456	5	4
9	Delhi	4325	157	1903423	1265	26261	1		1
10	Goa	982	50	243720	151	3838
11	Gujarat	2914	121	1217623	408	10946
12	Haryana	2655	6	1002222	612	10624	2		2
13	Himachal Pradesh	507	66	281413	39	4141
14	Jammu and Kashmir	447	42	449803	31	4756
15	Jharkhand	284	5	430254	39	5320
16	Karnataka	5707	789	3922541	1154	40117	2		2
17	Kerala***	28860	774	6535869	3668	69993	2	15	17
18	Ladakh	78	11	28105	11	228
19	Lakshadweep	3	1	11353		52
20	Madhya Pradesh	490	36	1033012	57	10741
21	Maharashtra	25735	254	7798817	3696	147922	7		7
22	Manipur	18	2	135128	4	2120
23	Meghalaya	65	24	92288	4	1594
24	Mizoram	261	30	228084	9	703
25	Nagaland	2	1	34744	1	761
26	Odisha	627	106	1279849	55	9126
27	Puducherry	304	57	164172	23	1962
28	Punjab	1079	95	743903	125	17773	3		3
29	Rajasthan	939	35	1277825	105	9564
30	Sikkim	26	3	38744	2	454	1		1
31	Tamil Nadu	10033	1063	3425057	764	38026
32	Telangana	4421	249	791944	236	4111
33	Tripura	7	2	99971		923
34	Uttarakhand	787	19	430180	29	7696
35	Uttar Pradesh	3541	93	2062971	635	23538	4		4
36	West Bengal	5885	1126	2000798	296	21218	2		2
Total#		104555	4953	42822493	13827	525116	24	15	39
Note: Assam State bulletin/data( dated 30/6/22) still awaited. *Note for Kerala 15-No of deaths declared by GoK, further details as below:0 No. Of Deaths in Last 24 Hrs; 7 Deaths declared in the last 24 hrs but of previous days because of late receiving of documents;8 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 )