COVID: Over 2,500 new cases, 33 fatalities in last 24 hours; active cases rise to 15,079

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COVID: Over 2,500 new cases, 33 fatalities in last 24 hours; active cases rise to 15,079.

Highlights

Total active cases of COVID in India have rose to 15,079 today
The total death toll in the country is now at 5,22,149
The daily positivity rate stands at 0.56% on April 23

COVID-19 India News Updates: India recorded 2,527 new cases of the novel coronavirus, along with 33 deaths due to the infection in the past 24 hours. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Saturday (April 23), the country saw a total of 1,656 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery rate at around 98.75 per cent and total recoveries data reached to 4,25,17,724.

The total active cases of COVID-19 in India have rose to 15,079 (0.03%) the ministry data showed today. Yesterday, the active cases registered were 14,241.

The total death toll in the country is now at 5,22,149. In India, the first death due to the COVID pandemic was reported in March 2020.

The daily positivity rate stands at 0.56% on April 23.

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According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 83,42,81,170 samples have been tested up to April 22 for COVID-19. Of these 4,55,179 samples were tested on Friday.

Meanwhile, the national capital reported 1,042 new COVID cases in the last 24 hours (77 more than yesterday), the highest since February 10 this year, according to the health bulletin by the Delhi government on Friday (April 22).

The city had reported 1,104 cases on February 10. With this, the active cases in the national capital breached the 3,000 mark and currently stand at 3,253. This is the highest since February 15 when the active cases in the city stood at 3,397.

The daily case positivity rate of the city stands at 4.64 per cent. As many as 757 COVID patients recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours taking the total number of recoveries since the beginning of the pandemic in the city to 18,43,282.

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	35		2304888	1	14730
3	Arunachal Pradesh	0		64199		296
4	Assam	1353		716212		6639
5	Bihar	16	1	818242	1	12256
6	Chandigarh	22	3	90789	3	1165
7	Chhattisgarh	11		1138183	3	14034
8	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	0		11437		4
9	Delhi	2970	329	1842525	635	26162	1		1
10	Goa	24	1	241520	3	3832
11	Gujarat	98	6	1213173	12	10943	1		1
12	Haryana	1441	166	976097	201	10618
13	Himachal Pradesh	77	8	280526	3	4134
14	Jammu and Kashmir	55	2	449160	8	4751
15	Jharkhand	23	5	429857	1	5316	1		1
16	Karnataka	1592	51	3904996	49	40057
17	Kerala***	2571	28	6467215	256	68750		48	48
18	Ladakh	3	2	28011	2	228
19	Lakshadweep	0		11350		52
20	Madhya Pradesh	57	13	1030489	2	10735
21	Maharashtra	762	72	7727789	106	147831	1		1
22	Manipur	29	5	135056	7	2120
23	Meghalaya	6		92193		1593
24	Mizoram	614	16	225282	75	694
25	Nagaland	1	3	34727	3	760
26	Odisha	157	6	1278687	15	9124
27	Puducherry	0	1	163815	1	1962
28	Punjab	123	10	741488	10	17744	1		1
29	Rajasthan	122	7	1273591	21	9552
30	Sikkim	3		38693		452
31	Tamil Nadu	256	13	3415109	26	38025
32	Telangana	187	7	787411	24	4111
33	Tripura	1		99956		922
34	Uttarakhand	407	4	429256	1	7693	1		1
35	Uttar Pradesh	980	124	2047786	81	23502
36	West Bengal	245	13	1996455	39	21200
Total#		14241	808	42516068	1589	522116	23	48	54
*** For Kerala: 0 death in last 24 hours and 31 deaths declared as per appeal G.O(Rt) No.2110/2021/H&FWD(appeal cases filled)
*(Including foreign Nationals)
**( more than 70% cases due to comorbidities )