Covid 19: India reports 16,047 fresh cases in last 24 hours, active cases down to 1,28,261

covid 19, omicron sub variant — Image Source : PTI Covid 19: India reports 16,047 fresh cases in last 24 hours, active cases down to 1,28,261

Highlights

India recorded 12,751 new Covid 19 cases and 54 deaths due to the infection.
The total recovery rate reached around 98.52 per cent and total recoveries data reached 4,35,35,610.
The total active cases of COVID-19 in India decreased to 1,28,261.

Covid 19 cases: India recorded 12,751 new Covid 19 cases and 54 deaths due to the infection in the past 24 hours. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Wednesday (August 10), the total recovery rate reached around 98.52 per cent and total recoveries data reached to 4,35,35,610.

The total active cases of COVID-19 in India decreased to 1,28,261, the health ministry data showed today. Yesterday, the registered active cases were 1,31,807.

Active cases:

A decrease of 3,546 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The active cases comprise 0.29 per cent of the total infections, the ministry said. The total death toll in the country is now at 5,26,826. In India, the first death due to the COVID pandemic was reported in March 2020. The daily positivity rate on August 9 was recorded at 4.94 per cent, and the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 4.90 per cent.

Delhi Covid cases:

Delhi has reported 1,372 new Covid infections and six deaths as the case positivity rate rose to 17.85 per cent, the highest since January 21, according to health department data. The figures pertain to August 7 (Sunday) as the government did not release the daily health bulletin on Monday. On January 21, the positivity rate stood at 18.04 per cent. The new cases came out of 7,686 COVID-19 tests, the health department bulletin stated.

S. No.	Name of State / UT	Active Cases		Cured/Discharged/Migrated		Deaths
		Total	Change since yesterday	Cumulative	Change since yesterday	Cumulative
		Total	Change since yesterday	Cumulative	Change since yesterday	Cumulative	Death During Day
1	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	37	3	10338	5	129
2	Andhra Pradesh	1391	62	2317812	288	14733
3	Arunachal Pradesh	251	44	65746	91	296
4	Assam	3754	252	730330	817	8022
5	Bihar	997	27	831848	160	12285
6	Chandigarh	768	4	95600	101	1171
7	Chhattisgarh	2926	356	1152778	609	14083	2
8	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	22	1	11531	1	4
9	Delhi	8506	1022	1938545	1466	26343	7
10	Goa*	1057	11	248424	163	3855
11	Gujarat	5729	133	1245890	810	10981	1
12	Haryana	4538	60	1022528	981	10651	1
13	Himachal Pradesh	4338	581	297225	938	4180	3
14	Jammu and Kashmir	5146	101	460905	525	4776
15	Jharkhand	776	61	434982	137	5329	1
16	Karnataka	10790	462	3971759	2068	40165	2
17	Kerala***	9696	483	6651375	1374	70588
18	Ladakh	111	7	28688	13	228
19	Lakshadweep	0		11363		52
20	Madhya Pradesh	1297	52	1039500	164	10762
21	Maharashtra	11889	79	7902480	1854	148150	7
22	Manipur	233	11	137037	42	2138
23	Meghalaya	676	10	93690	62	1611
24	Mizoram	1174	40	232633	172	715	3
25	Nagaland	53	1	35020	8	773	1
26	Odisha	4614	1237	1306249	1722	9151	2
27	Puducherry	632	8	169157	113	1967
28	Punjab**	12824	395	747101		17839	7
29	Rajasthan	4142	329	1284662	251	9590
30	Sikkim	417	59	41919	85	476	2
31	Tamil Nadu	8911	497	3507667	1438	38033
32	Telangana	5107	560	817560	1054	4111
33	Tripura	521	132	105979	148	935
34	Uttarakhand	2351	27	435273	264	7721	2
35	Uttar Pradesh	5633	193	2080417	747	23578	2
36	West Bengal	6954	348	2071599	868	21405	5
Total#		128261	3546	43535610	19539	526826	48
***Kerala: Additionally, 06 deaths are reconciled by State (as per ICMR guidelines)
**Punjab: Death reconciliation is being carried out by the State. Further details are awaited.
*Goa: Death reconciliation is being carried out by the State. Further details are awaited.