COVID pandemic: India reports 1,233 new cases with 31 fatalities in single day

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COVID pandemic: India reports 1,233 new cases with 31 fatalities in single day.

Highlights

Total active cases of COVID in India have declined to 14,704 today
The total death toll in the country is now at 5,21,101
India saw a total of 1,876 discharges in the last 24 hours

COVID-19 India News Updates: India recorded 1,233 new cases of the novel coronavirus, along with 31 deaths due to the infection in the past 24 hours. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Wednesday (March 30), the country saw a total of 1,876 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery rate at around 98.75 per cent and total recoveries data reached to 4,24,87,410.

The total active cases of COVID-19 in India have declined to 14,704 (0.03%) the ministry data showed today.

The total death toll in the country is now at 5,21,101. In India, the first death due to the COVID pandemic was reported in March 2020.

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 78,85,56,935 samples have been tested up to March 29 for COVID-19. Of these 6,24,022 samples were tested on Tuesday.

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The daily positivity rate is at 0.20 per cent today.

Meanwhile, Delhi on Tuesday reported 95 COVID-19 cases and no fresh fatality due to the infection, while the positivity rate declined to 0.45 per cent, according to data shared by the health department. With these fresh cases, the national capital's tally increased to 18,64,734. The death toll stands at 26,151, it stated.

As many as 21,331 COVID-19 tests were conducted here the previous day, the department said in its latest bulletin. Delhi on Monday had reported 90 COVID-19 cases and no fresh death due to the viral disease, while the positivity rate stood at 0.53 per cent.

On Sunday, the city had reported 71 cases with a positivity rate of 0.31 per cent, and one death.

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	2	1	9902		129
2	Andhra Pradesh	314	32	2304465	37	14730
3	Arunachal Pradesh	0		64188		296
4	Assam	1356	2	716201	2	6639
5	Bihar	30	2	818178	7	12256
6	Chandigarh	21	2	90728	1	1165
7	Chhattisgarh	150	3	1137927	24	14034
8	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	0		11437		4
9	Delhi	443	1	1838140	96	26151
10	Goa	27	2	241428	7	3830
11	Gujarat	150	84	1212792	89	10942
12	Haryana	339	10	974166	41	10616	4		4
13	Himachal Pradesh	164	7	280207	20	4133
14	Jammu and Kashmir	142	4	448798	17	4750
15	Jharkhand	64		429758	7	5315
16	Karnataka	1698	63	3903651	104	40052	1		1
17	Kerala***	4387	126	6459585	528	67844	6	16	22
18	Ladakh	12	3	27982	5	228
19	Lakshadweep	0		11350		52
20	Madhya Pradesh	152	6	1030197	24	10734
21	Maharashtra	960	4	7724982	107	147780
22	Manipur	36	1	134931	2	2120
23	Meghalaya	30	8	92136	8	1593
24	Mizoram	1101	61	222476	218	684
25	Nagaland	14	2	34701	5	759	1		1
26	Odisha	394	78	1278035	114	9120	1		1
27	Puducherry	2		163810		1962
28	Punjab	135	5	741218	22	17741
29	Rajasthan	249	15	1273138	33	9552	1		1
30	Sikkim	12	5	38674	5	452
31	Tamil Nadu	339	27	3414387	64	38025
32	Telangana	457	35	786645	67	4111
33	Tripura	1	2	99952	1	920	1		1
34	Uttarakhand	487	14	429054	25	7691
35	Uttar Pradesh	371	96	2046775	136	23494
36	West Bengal	665	15	1995416	60	21197
Total#		14704	674	42487410	1876	521101	15	16	31
*** For Kerala as per the state media bulletin: 6 of deaths reported on 29th Mar, + 16 deaths declared as per appeal cases filed G.O(Rt) No.2110/2021/H&FWD
*(Including foreign Nationals)
**( more than 70% cases due to comorbidities )