India reports 975 new COVID pandemic cases with 4 fatalities in single day

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India reports 975 new COVID pandemic cases with 4 fatalities in single day.

Highlights

Total active cases of COVID in India have rose to 11,366 today
The total death toll in the country is now at 5,21,747
India saw a total of 796 discharges in the last 24 hours

COVID-19 India News Updates: India recorded 975 new cases of the novel coronavirus, along with four deaths due to the infection in the past 24 hours. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Saturday (April 16), the country saw a total of 796 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery rate at around 98.76 per cent and total recoveries data reached to 4,25,07,834.

The total active cases of COVID-19 in India have rose to 11,366 (0.03%) the ministry data showed today.

The total death toll in the country is now at 5,21,747. 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), 83,14,78,288 samples have been tested up to April 15 for COVID-19. Of these 3,00,918 samples were tested on Friday.

Meanwhile, Delhi on Friday recorded 366 fresh COVID-19 cases and zero death, while the positivity rate rose further to 3.95 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department. With this, Delhi's COVID-19 tally has increased to 18,67,572. The death toll stands at 26,158, according to the bulletin.

The daily COVID-19 cases and the positivity rate in the national capital have seen an upward trend in the last few days. Delhi had on Thursday recorded 325 COVID-19 cases and zero death, while the positivity rate stood at 2.39 per cent.

On Wednesday, 299 COVID-19 cases were recorded with a positivity rate of 2.49 per cent and no death. A total of 9,275 COVID-19 tests were conducted the previous day, the bulletin stated.

The number of daily COVID-19 cases in Delhi had touched the record high of 28,867 on January 13 this year during the third wave of the pandemic.

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	41	10	2304865	4	14730
3	Arunachal Pradesh	8		64191		296
4	Assam	1351		716210		6639
5	Bihar	8	1	818235	2	12256
6	Chandigarh	21	2	90772	2	1165
7	Chhattisgarh	19	5	1138164	8	14034
8	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	0		11437		4
9	Delhi	1072	157	1840342	209	26158
10	Goa	18	2	241504	1	3832
11	Gujarat	154	8	1213042	19	10942
12	Haryana	745	101	975240	72	10618	1		1
13	Himachal Pradesh	41	4	280491	8	4134
14	Jammu and Kashmir	71	4	449099	9	4750
15	Jharkhand	5	2	429851	2	5315
16	Karnataka	1483	12	3904730	37	40057
17	Kerala***	2982		6465037		68402
18	Ladakh	8	1	28003	2	228
19	Lakshadweep	0		11350		52
20	Madhya Pradesh	43	2	1030452	4	10735
21	Maharashtra	681	64	7727112	132	147827	1		1
22	Manipur	49	1	135016	2	2120
23	Meghalaya	4	1	92189	1	1593
24	Mizoram	569	73	224755	125	691	1		1
25	Nagaland	8	2	34720	2	759
26	Odisha	174	16	1278605		9123	1		1
27	Puducherry	3		163812		1962
28	Punjab	57	1	741443	10	17743
29	Rajasthan	109	13	1273513	4	9552
30	Sikkim	3	1	38692	1	452
31	Tamil Nadu	228	2	3414957	24	38025
32	Telangana	220	15	787264	30	4111
33	Tripura	0		99956		922
34	Uttarakhand	400	16	429221	18	7692
35	Uttar Pradesh	442	80	2047443	28	23499
36	West Bengal	349	23	1996216	40	21200
Total#		11366	175	42507834	796	521747	4		4
*** Kerala data as on 15th April 2022
*(Including foreign Nationals)
**( more than 70% cases due to comorbidities )