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Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS: Maharashtra Daily Caseload Falls Below 10,000 Mark, Recovery Rate Above 95%

Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS, Thursday, June 17, 2021: Maharashtra's Covid-19 deaths remained in the high even as new infections also spurted to breach the 10,000 level, though the number of patients cured also increased, health officials said on Wednesday. Delhi reported 212 new Covid-19 cases while its daily test positivity rate stood at 0.27 percent Delhi presently has 2,749 active cases, of which 781 are under home isolation.

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Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS: Maharashtra Daily Caseload Falls Below 10,000 Mark, Recovery Rate Above 95%

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Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS, Thursday, June 17, 2021: Maharashtra's Covid-19 deaths remained in the higher ranges even as new infections also spurted to breach the 10,000 level, though the number of patients cured also increased, health officials said on Wednesday.

Against 1,458 deaths declared on Monday, the state now revealed a lower figure of 1,236 fatalities (237 new, and 999 earlier deaths), taking the toll to 115,390.

The number of fresh cases increased from 9,350 on Tuesday to 10,107, taking the tally to 59,34,880.

In Mumbai, for the 20th consecutive day, the new infections remained below the 1,000 level, but shot up from 572 a day earlier to 821, sending the city tally to 717,172. Deaths dropped from 14 a day earlier to 11, to take total fatalities to 15,227.

The national capital on Wednesday reported 212 new Covid-19 cases while its daily test positivity rate stood at 0.27 percent, according to the health bulletin issued by the Delhi government.

A total of 25 persons succumbed to Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, taking the national capital's overall death toll to 24,876.

Continuing the trend, daily recoveries again outnumbered the tally of new cases by a fair margin, as 516 people recovered from the disease on Wednesday, taking the national capital's total number of recoveries to 14, 04,085.

Delhi presently has 2,749 active cases, of which 781 are under home isolation.

A total of 77,891 Covid samples were tested in the last 24 hours, including 55,417 through RT-PCR and 28,585 through Rapid Antigen tests.

As epi-centre of the pandemic in Karnataka, the Covid tally of Bengaluru crossed the 12-lakh mark, with 1,611 new cases in a day, said the state health bulletin on Wednesday.

"With 1,611 new cases registered on Tuesday, the city's Covid tally shot up to 12,00,754, including 79,261 active cases, while 11,06,138 recovered so far, with 5,526 patients discharged during the day," said the bulletin.

Across the state, 7,345 positive cases were reported on Tuesday, taking its Covid tally to 27,84,355, including 1,51,566 active cases, while recoveries increased to 25,99,472, with a record 17,913 patients discharged in the last 24 hours.

The infection claimed 148 lives, including 28 in Mysuru, 19 in Bengaluru, 14 in Belagavi and 10 in Dakshina Kannada districts, taking the state's death tally to 33,296 since the pandemic broke out in mid-March a year ago.

Out of 1,68,712 tests conducted across the state during the day, 47,730 were through rapid antigen detection and 1,20,982 through RT-PCR method.

Positivity rate was 4.35 percent and case fatality rate 2.01 percent across the state on Tuesday.

A day before easing of lockdown norms, Kerala on Wednesday saw its Covid test positivity rate (TPR) dip to 11.79 percent as 13,270 people turned positive from 1,12,521 samples sent for testing in the past 24 hours, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said.

In a statement, Vijayan also said there were 1,09,794 active cases, while 15,689 people turned negative, taking the total cured to 26,39,593.

Starting from midnight after 39 days of lockdown, there is going to be a graded relaxation of norms in the lockdown.

In 147 local bodies where the TPR is below 8 percent, all shops will be allowed to open and private establishments like offices can function too, but with 50 percent staff.

In 916 local bodies where the TPR is between 8 to 20 percent, shops selling essential items can open on all days, but private offices and other shops can function only on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

In 146 local bodies where the TPR is between 20 and 30 percent, only essential shops can open, while other shops can open only on Friday.

In 25 local bodies where the TPR is above 30 percent, there would be a triple lockdown, with only essential shops can open.

Malls, cinema halls, public indoor activities, and eating inside restaurants are all banned till further notice anywhere in the state.

 

22:55 PM (IST)  •  17 Jun 2021

Jharkhand Reports 146 New Covid Cases, 3 Deaths In Last 24 Hours

Jharkhand Reports 146 New Covid Cases, 3 Deaths In Last 24 Hours
22:53 PM (IST)  •  17 Jun 2021

Bihar Reports 385 New Covid Cases, 4 Fresh Fatalities

Bihar's COVID-19 tally rose to 7,18,704 on Thursday as 385 more people tested positive for the infection, while four fresh fatalities pushed the state's coronavirus death toll to 9,527.

The state now has 3,804 active cases, while 7,05,373 people have been cured of the disease so far.

22:19 PM (IST)  •  17 Jun 2021

Maharashtra Reports 9,830 Fresh COVID19 Cases, 236 Deaths

21:26 PM (IST)  •  17 Jun 2021

Telangana Reports 1,492 New Covid Cases, 13 Deaths

Telangana on Thursday registered 1,492 fresh coronavirus cases, pushing the tally to 6.09 lakh while the toll rose to 3,534 with 13 more fatalities.

The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) accounted for the most number of cases with 166 followed by Khammam 129 and Nalgonda 115 districts, a state government bulletin said, providing details as of 5.30 PM on Thursday.

 

21:24 PM (IST)  •  17 Jun 2021

Case Against Firm, 2 Private Labs For Fake Test Reports During Mahakumbh

The Uttarakhand government on Thursday lodged a case against a company and two private labs for fudging coronavirus test reports during the Haridwar Kumbh Mela in April.

The company and both labs have been booked under the Epidemic Diseases and the Disaster Management Acts besides Sections 120-B (criminal conspiracy) and 420 (cheating) of the Indian Penal Code.

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