India reports 2,364 new COVID cases, 10 fatalities in last 24 hours; active cases decline to 15,419

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India reports 2,364 new COVID cases, 10 fatalities in last 24 hours; active cases decline to 15,419.

Highlights

The total death toll in the country is now at 5,24,303
According to ICMR, 84,54,04,172 samples have been tested up to May 18 for COVID
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.50 per cent on Thursday

COVID-19 India News Updates: India recorded 2,364 new cases of the novel coronavirus, along with 10 deaths due to the infection in the past 24 hours. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Thursday (May 19), the country saw a total of 2,582 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery rate at around 98.75 per cent and total recoveries data reached to 4,25,89,841.

The total active cases of COVID-19 in India have declined to 15,419, the health ministry data showed today. Yesterday, the registered active cases were 15,647.

A decrease of 228 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The active cases comprise 0.04 per cent of the total infections, the ministry said.

The total death toll in the country is now at 5,24,303. In India, the first death due to the COVID pandemic was reported in March 2020.

ICMR data on COVID testing:

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 84,54,04,172 samples have been tested up to May 18 for COVID-19. Of these 4,77,570 samples were tested on Wednesday.

The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.50 per cent, as per the data.

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Delhi COVID tally:

Meanwhile, Delhi logged 532 fresh COVID-19 cases and zero fatality due to the disease on Wednesday, while the positivity rate was recorded at 2.13 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department.

On Tuesday, the national capital had recorded 393 COVID-19 cases at a positivity rate stood at 3.35 per cent and two deaths. With this, Delhi's COVID-19 caseload increases to 19,01,660, while the death toll is at 26,198. A total of 24,989 Covid tests were conducted in the city a day ago, the department said in its latest bulletin.

Delhi on Monday reported 377 COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 3.37 per cent and one death.

On Sunday, 613 Covid cases and three deaths were recorded, while the positivity rate stood at 2.74 per cent.

On Saturday, the city logged 673 coronavirus cases and four deaths, the highest single-day fatality count in over two months.

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	0	1	9910	1	129
2	Andhra Pradesh	92	3	2305024	6	14730
3	Arunachal Pradesh	2	2	64205	2	296
4	Assam	3	3	716234		7986
5	Bihar	36	1	818384	6	12256
6	Chandigarh	75	4	91003	12	1165
7	Chhattisgarh	21	2	1138286	2	14034
8	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	0		11437		4
9	Delhi	2910	318	1872020	709	26198	2		2
10	Goa	80	2	241683	10	3832
11	Gujarat	213	9	1213625	37	10944
12	Haryana	1431	157	987638	432	10621
13	Himachal Pradesh	81	4	280747	8	4136
14	Jammu and Kashmir	50	1	449351	6	4752
15	Jharkhand	26	1	429953	4	5318
16	Karnataka	1802	38	3907975	147	40105
17	Kerala***	3331	71	6475066	364	69434		31	31
18	Ladakh	3	4	28025	4	228
19	Lakshadweep	0		11350		52
20	Madhya Pradesh	232	22	1031020	41	10735
21	Maharashtra	1551	25	7731829	241	147855
22	Manipur	3	1	135107	1	2120
23	Meghalaya	11	1	92216	1	1593
24	Mizoram	256	12	227081	24	697
25	Nagaland	1	1	34732	1	760
26	Odisha	171	3	1279017		9126
27	Puducherry	15		163837	1	1962
28	Punjab	149	4	742207	20	17751
29	Rajasthan	488	44	1274792	103	9554
30	Sikkim	7		38702		452
31	Tamil Nadu	324	8	3416337	42	38025
32	Telangana	370	4	788184	42	4111
33	Tripura	0		99964		923
34	Uttarakhand	491	27	429550	39	7693
35	Uttar Pradesh	1024	73	2053447	202	23513
36	West Bengal	398	7	1997321	41	21203
Total#		15647	753	42587259	2549	524293	27	31	33
***Kerala: 0 Death in last 24 hours; 0 Death declared in the last 24 hours but of previous days because of late receiving of documents; 6 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 )