Coronavirus pandemic: India reports 44,877 new cases with positivity rate at 3.17%; 684 deaths

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Coronavirus pandemic: India reports 44,877 new cases with positivity rate at 3.17%; 684 deaths.

Highlights

Total active cases of COVID in India have declined to 5,37,045 today
The total death toll in the country is now at 5,08,665
The daily positivity rate is at 3.17 per cent on Feb 13

COVID-19 India News Updates: India recorded 44,877 new cases of the novel coronavirus, along with 684 deaths due to the infection in the past 24 hours. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Sunday (February 13), the country saw a total of 1,17,591 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery rate at around 97.37 per cent and total recoveries data reached to 4,15,85,711.

The total active cases of COVID-19 in India have declined to 5,37,045 the ministry data showed today.

The total death toll in the country is now at 5,08,665. In India, the first death due to the COVID pandemic was reported in March 2020.

The daily positivity rate is at 3.17 per cent today.

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 75,07,35,858 samples have been tested up to February 12 for COVID-19. Of these 14,15,279 samples were tested on Saturday.

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Meanwhile, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Saturday (February 12) that the central government will roll out COVID-19 vaccination for children in the age group of 5 to 15 years as soon as it receives recommendation to that effect from a group of experts.

Mandaviya told this to reporters here when he was asked about the government's approach towards the vaccination for children in the age group of 5 to 15 years. He said the group of experts has so far not made any recommendation on the vaccination of this category.

The minister was here to take part in a programme organised by the BJP on the Union Budget that was presented on February 1.

"When to vaccinate and to which age group is decided on the basis of recommendation of a group of scientists. We had implemented its recommendation for the precaution group within one week. We will surely implement its recommendation (for 5 to 15 age group) as and when we receive it," he said in a press conference.

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	139	13	9693	16	129
2	Andhra Pradesh	32413	8471	2264032	9632	14688	5		5
3	Arunachal Pradesh	850	128	62796	177	294	1		1
4	Assam	5263	505	711385	766	6596	6		6
5	Bihar	1421	239	814917	474	12246	1		1
6	Chandigarh	728	88	89332	180	1149	3		3
7	Chhattisgarh	8464	1433	1122488	2369	13988	10		10
8	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	28	7	11385	11	4
9	Delhi	4812	626	1818737	1591	26047	12		12
10	Goa	2804	398	237312	595	3768	4		4
11	Gujarat	18301	3136	1183294	5005	10775	14		14
12	Haryana	7039	850	954000	2025	10472	10		10
13	Himachal Pradesh	4132	212	271489	702	4076	9		9
14	Jammu and Kashmir	7424	1088	437708	1626	4741	2		2
15	Jharkhand	1968	120	425672	326	5314
16	Karnataka	44605	7442	3836915	11377	39575	41		41
17	Kerala***	206180	27567	6113257	43087	61626	241	251	492
18	Ladakh	583	87	26530	147	226
19	Lakshadweep	89	9	11145	23	52
20	Madhya Pradesh	26179	3386	984500	5995	10682	3		3
21	Maharashtra	64865	9243	7626868	14635	143355	63		63
22	Manipur	2345	52	131216	158	2077	2		2
23	Meghalaya	928	92	90360	172	1559	1		1
24	Mizoram	12623	63	181931	1883	635	2		2
25	Nagaland	509	40	33858	74	750	1		1
26	Odisha	11823	931	1253914	2483	8838	20		20
27	Puducherry	1993	513	161121	661	1957	1		1
28	Punjab	4946	825	732291	1249	17575	21		21
29	Rajasthan	25779	3751	1225773	6632	9448	9		9
30	Sikkim	499	42	37960	70	437
31	Tamil Nadu	56002	10990	3337265	14051	37887	25		25
32	Telangana	15636	2118	762594	2850	4106	1		1
33	Tripura	256	51	99603	68	919
34	Uttarakhand	7993	846	417238	1348	7643	8		8
35	Uttar Pradesh	16640	1376	2014973	3143	23382	10		10
36	West Bengal	14184	621	1974568	1361	20965	27		27
Total#		610443	87359	41468120	136962	507981	553	251	804
*** For Kerala as per the state media bulletin: 145 deaths reported on 12th February +282 deaths declared as per appeal G.O(Rt)No 2110/2021/H&FWD
*(Including foreign Nationals)
**( more than 70% cases due to comorbidities )