India reports 949 new COVID pandemic cases with 6 fatalities in single day

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India reports 949 new COVID pandemic cases with 6 fatalities in single day

Highlights

Total active cases of COVID in India have rose to 11,191 today
The total death toll in the country is now at 5,21,743
The daily positivity rate is 0.26 per cent on April 15

COVID-19 India News Updates: India recorded 949 new cases of the novel coronavirus, along with six deaths due to the infection in the past 24 hours. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Friday (April 15), the country saw a total of 810 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery rate at around 98.76 per cent and total recoveries data reached to 4,25,07,038.

The total active cases of COVID-19 in India have rose to 11,191 (0.03%) the ministry data showed today.

The total death toll in the country is now at 5,21,743. In India, the first death due to the COVID pandemic was reported in March 2020.

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The daily positivity rate is 0.26 per cent on April 15.

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 83,11,77,370 samples have been tested up to April 13 for COVID-19. Of these 3,67,213 samples were tested on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, the national capital recorded 325 fresh Covid-19 cases on Thursday, continuing the upward tick from Wednesday, when the city recorded 118 per cent more cases than the previous two days. With this, Delhi recorded 224 recoveries and zero deaths in the last 24 hours.

The Covid positivity rate in the national capital has jumped from 0.5 per cent to 2.39 per cent in a week, even as doctors on Tuesday said it was "not a panic situation" as the count of daily cases was still low, but cautioned against dropping the guard.

The daily spike of 325 cases on Thursday saw a marked rise from 137 cases reported on Monday, according to the health department. The department did not issue a bulletin on Tuesday.

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		9905		129
2	Andhra Pradesh	31	2	2304861	7	14730
3	Arunachal Pradesh	8		64191		296
4	Assam	1351		716210		6639
5	Bihar	9	1	818233	2	12256
6	Chandigarh	19	1	90770	2	1165
7	Chhattisgarh	24	8	1138156	8	14034
8	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	0		11437		4
9	Delhi	915	101	1840133	224	26158
10	Goa	16	2	241503	3	3832
11	Gujarat	162	6	1213023	5	10942
12	Haryana	644	64	975168	106	10617
13	Himachal Pradesh	45	8	280483	10	4134
14	Jammu and Kashmir	75	2	449090	8	4750
15	Jharkhand	7	2	429849	4	5315
16	Karnataka	1471	9	3904693	54	40057
17	Kerala***	2982		6465037		68402
18	Ladakh	9	4	28001	4	228
19	Lakshadweep	0		11350		52
20	Madhya Pradesh	41	5	1030448	7	10735
21	Maharashtra	745	21	7726980	77	147826	5		5
22	Manipur	48	10	135014	3	2120
23	Meghalaya	5	2	92188	2	1593
24	Mizoram	642	41	224630	101	690	1		1
25	Nagaland	10	2	34718	2	759
26	Odisha	158	25	1278605	36	9122
27	Puducherry	3	1	163812		1962
28	Punjab	58	3	741433	8	17743
29	Rajasthan	96	13	1273509	3	9552
30	Sikkim	2	1	38691		452
31	Tamil Nadu	230	2	3414933	23	38025
32	Telangana	235	2	787234	17	4111
33	Tripura	0		99956		922
34	Uttarakhand	416	8	429203	16	7692
35	Uttar Pradesh	362	55	2047415	35	23499
36	West Bengal	372	28	1996176	43	21200
Total#		11191	133	42507038	810	521743	6		6
*** Kerala data as on 14th April 2022
*(Including foreign Nationals)
**( more than 70% cases due to comorbidities )