COVID-19 Updates: Records Spike In New Cases With Over 28,000 Cases In 24 Hours,5.3 Lakh Cured So Far

COVID-19 Updates: Records Spike In New Cases With Over 28,000 Cases In 24 Hours,5.3 Lakh Cured So Far

New Delhi: India's total coronavirus cases have increased to 8,49,553. The country now reports 2,92,258 active cases out of the total that was confirmed positive. The total number of deaths that have been reported so far has increased to 22,674.

In the last 24 hours, India reported 28,637 new cases. However, the recovery rate has increased to 5,34,621. The nation's total recovery rate now stands at almost 63%.In the last 24 hours, a total of 19,235 coronavirus patients were declared cured of the diseases .

After COVID-19 Positive Cases, Regular Hit Delhi Takes A Breath Of Relief As Active Covid-19 Cases Decline today in the national capital

With 1,781 new coronavirus cases and 34 deaths in the last 24 hours, the national capital on Saturday saw its total tally reach 1,10,921 cases and toll climb to 3,334. According to the Delhi government''s daily health bulletin, as many as 87,692 people have recovered, more than four times the number of active cases which stand at 19,895. A total of 2,998 patients recovered in the last 24 hours.

"Delhi on the path to recovery; only 20 percent of total coronavirus cases are active," the Delhi government said in a statement. On June 23, the city had witnessed the highest single-day peak of 3,947 cases, but the number has come down steadily since then despite the number of tests increasing. Testing numbers in the city have also gone up since the commencement of rapid antigen tests last month.

Maharashtra''s Covid-19 death toll crossed 10,000 on Saturday while new cases shot above the 8,000 marks for the first time, with the state''s tally now higher than Italy and Pakistan, officials said.

Maharashtra recorded a fresh surge of 8,139 new COVID cases on Saturday, a significant increase from Friday''s 7,862 cases, the third spurt above 7,000 in the past 10 days.

The number of fatalities was 223, taking the death toll to 10,116 and the total cases zoomed up to 246,600 to date, both being the highest in the country.

Maharashtra''s case tally has thus soared over Italy (242,639) and Pakistan (246,351), ranking 13 and 12, respectively, on the Worldometer.

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