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Coronavirus LIVE Thursday, July 22: No respite from COVID in Kerala as state continues to have one of the highest levels of daily cases, TPR and active cases in the country.
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Coronavirus LIVE Thursday, July 22: Maharashtra reported 8,159 new COVID-19 cases and 165 fresh fatalities on Wednesday, taking the infection tally to 62,37,755 and the death toll to 1,30,918, a health department official said.
The official said as many as 7,839 patients were discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours, pushing the number of recovered cases to 60,08,750.
The state has 94,745 COVID-19 patients under treatment, he said.
Maharashtra's COVID-19 recovery rate is 96.33 per cent, while the fatality rate is 2.09 per cent, the official said.
Nandurbar district, once among the worst affected, did not record any new coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours, he said.
According to the official, Mumbai recorded 430 new COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 7,32,582, while the death toll increased to 15,800 with the addition of 13 fresh fatalities.
A total of 1,451 new COVID-19 cases and 23 fatalities were reported in the wider Mumbai region, which comprises the city and its satellite towns, taking the tally to 16,30,005 and the death toll to 33,890.
The national capital on Wednesday reported 62 new COVID cases, and four deaths in the last 24 hours.
The daily COVID positivity rate was at 0.9 per cent, according to the Delhi government's health bulletin.
There was marginal increase in both daily number of cases and positivity rate in comparison to Tuesday, when 44 cases and a 0.7 per cent positivity rate were reported.
Meanwhile, 61 people more recovered from the disease, taking the national capital's total number of recoveries to 14,10,066.
With the latest deaths reported on Tuesday, Delhi's COVID death toll has risen to 25,039.
Meanwhile, there seems to be no respite from COVID in Kerala, as on Wednesday, 17,481 people turned out positive from 1,45,993 samples sent for testing in the past 24 hours, and the daily test positivity rate (TPR) rose to 11.97 per cent, as per a government statement.
The state continues to have one of the highest levels of daily cases, TPR and active cases, which stood at 1,29,640 on Wednesday, in the country.
According to a statement issued by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Malappuram district had the highest daily number of cases, at 2,318, followed by Ernakulam with 2,270, Kozhikode with 2,151, Trissur at 1983, and the state capital district had 1,166.
There were 105 fresh deaths, taking the total death tally to 15,617.
Across the state, there were 4,06,370 people under observation, including 25,054 people in hospitals.
With 2,214 patients discharged during the day, recoveries outnumbered 1,639 new COVID cases in Karnataka, while 36 died of the infection, said the state health bulletin on Wednesday.
"Recoveries shot up to 28,26,411 till date, with 2,214 patients discharged from hospitals over the last 24 hours, while 1,639 new cases were registered on Tuesday, taking the state's COVID tally to 28,88,341, including 25,645 active cases," said the bulletin.
As epicentre of the pandemic in the state, Bengaluru, however, reported only 419 fresh cases on Tuesday, taking its COVID tally to 12,23,226, including 9,495 active cases, while 11,97,916 recovered so far, with 963 patients discharged during the day.
With 36 people, including 7 in Bengaluru, succumbing to the infection during the day, the state's death toll rose to 36,262 and the city's toll to 15,814 since the pandemic broke out in mid-March a year ago.
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The assistance included facilitation in hospitalization, telemedicine consultations, medicines, vaccination, he added.
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