COVID pandemic: India reports 1,225 new cases with 28 fatalities in single day

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COVID pandemic: India reports 1,225 new cases with 28 fatalities in single day.

Highlights

Total active cases of COVID in India have declined to 14,307 today
The total death toll in the country is now at 5,21,129
India saw a total of 1,594 discharges in the last 24 hours

COVID-19 India News Updates: India recorded 1,225 new cases of the novel coronavirus, along with 28 deaths due to the infection in the past 24 hours. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Thursday (March 31), the country saw a total of 1,594 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery rate at around 98.76 per cent and total recoveries data reached to 4,24,89,004.

The total active cases of COVID-19 in India have declined to 14,307 (0.03%) the ministry data showed today.

The total death toll in the country is now at 5,21,129. In India, the first death due to the COVID pandemic was reported in March 2020.

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 78,91,64,922 samples have been tested up to March 30 for COVID-19. Of these 6,07,987 samples were tested on Wednesday.

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Meanwhile, Delhi on Wednesday reported 123 coronavirus cases with a positivity rate of 0.50 per cent, while there was one fatality due to the infection, according to data shared by the health department. With these fresh cases, the national capital's tally increased to 18,64,857. The death toll stands at 26,151, it stated.

As many as 24,706 COVID-19 tests were conducted here the previous day, the department said in its latest bulletin. 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.

On Monday, Delhi 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.

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	1	1	9903	1	129
2	Andhra Pradesh	288	26	2304506	41	14730
3	Arunachal Pradesh	1	1	64188		296
4	Assam	1354	2	716203	2	6639
5	Bihar	29	1	818180	2	12256
6	Chandigarh	22	1	90729	1	1165
7	Chhattisgarh	126	24	1137958	31	14034
8	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	0		11437		4
9	Delhi	459	16	1838246	106	26152	1		1
10	Goa	24	3	241432	4	3832	2		2
11	Gujarat	122	28	1212829	37	10942
12	Haryana	313	26	974233	67	10616
13	Himachal Pradesh	164		280225	18	4133
14	Jammu and Kashmir	146	4	448824	26	4750
15	Jharkhand	57	7	429771	13	5315
16	Karnataka	1627	71	3903756	105	40053	1		1
17	Kerala***	4242	145	6460147	562	67865	4	17	21
18	Ladakh	10	2	27984	2	228
19	Lakshadweep	0		11350		52
20	Madhya Pradesh	145	7	1030218	21	10734
21	Maharashtra	939	21	7725120	138	147782	2		2
22	Manipur	38	2	134935	4	2120
23	Meghalaya	27	3	92141	5	1593
24	Mizoram	1048	53	222628	152	684
25	Nagaland	15	1	34701		759
26	Odisha	453	59	1278035		9120
27	Puducherry	1	1	163811	1	1962
28	Punjab	126	9	741238	20	17741
29	Rajasthan	250	1	1273164	26	9552
30	Sikkim	11	1	38676	2	452
31	Tamil Nadu	322	17	3414443	56	38025
32	Telangana	462	5	786680	35	4111
33	Tripura	2	1	99952		920
34	Uttarakhand	493	6	429055	1	7691
35	Uttar Pradesh	354	17	2046824	49	23495	1		1
36	West Bengal	636	29	1995482	66	21197
Total#		14307	397	42489004	1594	521129	11	17	28
*** For Kerala as per the state media bulletin: 4 of deaths reported on 30th Mar, + 17 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 )