Covid Update: India Continues To Report Over 18K Fresh Infections, Positivity Rate At 4.22%

14,553 people recovered from the deadly virus Covid-19 on Saturday while 42 people succumbed to the disease. 

Covid testing in India

Source : PTI

New Delhi: India continues to report over 18,000 fresh Covid infections as the country's positivity rate remained over 4 per cent on Saturday. 18,257 new cases were registered in the last 24 hours taking the daily positivity rate to 4.22%, according to the date updated by the Ministry of Health. 14,553 people recovered from the deadly virus on Saturday while 42 people succumbed to the disease. 

Maharashtra

Maharashtra on Saturday recorded 2,760 new coronavirus cases and five pandemic-related deaths, according to a PTI report.  The caseload in the state rose to 80,01,433, and death toll reached 1,47,976.

As many as 2,939 patients recovered, taking the tally of recoveries to 78,34,785. The recovery rate in Maharashtra is 97.92 per cent, and case fatality rate 1.84 per cent.

There are 18,672 active cases in the state now. State capital Mumbai reported 499 cases but no deaths. 

Delhi

Delhi on Saturday recorded 544 fresh COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 3.37 per cent, as two more people succumbed to the virus, according to health department data.

This is the third consecutive day when the daily case count has remained 500-600. On Friday, Delhi recorded 531 Covid cases with a positivity rate of 3.13 per cent, and three fatalities.

With the new infections and fatalities, Delhi's caseload climbed to 19,40,302 and the death toll increased to 26,282, the health department bulletin said.

The fresh cases came out of 16,158 tests conducted the previous day, it said.