Covid Update: India Records 5,476 Cases In Last 24 Hrs, Active Cases In Country Dip To 59,442

The country's active number of cases dipped to 59,442, informed the Union Health Ministry. India witnessed 58 deaths and 9,754 recoveries in the last 24 hours.

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New Delhi: India has reported a slight drop in Coronavirus cases again on Saturday. The country registered 5,476 new cases in the last 24 hours taking India's tally of cases to 4,29,62,953.

The country's active number of cases dipped to 59,442, informed the Union Health Ministry. India witnessed 58 deaths and 9,754 recoveries in the last 24 hours.

Delhi

Delhi on Saturday reported 274 fresh Covid-19 cases and zero death, while the positivity rate stood at 0.58 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department.

With this, the national capital's case count increased to 18,61,463, while the death toll stood at 26,134, the latest health bulletin stated. The number of Covid-19 tests conducted a day ago stood at 47,652, it said.

Delhi had on Friday had recorded 302 cases with a positivity rate of 0.63 per cent, and four deaths.

Maharashtra

Maharashtra on Saturday reported 535 new coronavirus infections, taking the caseload to 78,68,451.

10 people succumbed to the virus on Saturday and the death toll reached 1,43,737, the state health department said.

As many as 963 patients were discharged from hospital or recovered at home, taking the recovery tally to 77,16,674.

With 76,375 samples being tested during the day, the total of COVID-19 tests carried out so far reached 7,82,14,557.

As many as 454 cases of Omicron variant infection were recorded from Nagpur, as mentioned in a PTI report.

To date, 5,665 Omicron variant patients have been detected in the state, of which 4,733 have recovered.

The recovery rate in the state is 98.07 per cent and case fatality rate is 1.82 percent.