Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS: Tamil Nadu Govt Extends Covid Lockdown Till July 5; Some Relaxations Given
Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS, Friday, June 25: In Mumbai, for a month running, new infections remained below the 1K-level at 773 on Thursday, taking the city's tally to 722,736 till date, after touching the highest daily spike of 11,206 cases on April 4.
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Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS, Friday, June 25: Maharashtra's tally crossed the 60 lakh mark, catapulting it to the fourth slot globally, health officials said here on Thursday.
As on Thursday, Maharasthra has reported a total of 60,07,431 Covid cases, higher than France which has recorded a tally of 57,62,322 till date, and figures at No. 4 in the world behind the US, India and Brazil.
Compared to 508 deaths declared on Wednesday, the state reported 556 fatalities on Thursday, including 197 new deaths and 359 earlier casualties, taking the state's overall Covid death toll to 119,859, the worst in the country.
The number of fresh cases fell below the 10K-level to 9,844 on Thursday, much less than the record peak of 68,631 reported on April 18, taking the state's overall Covid tally to 60,07,431.
In Mumbai, for a month running, new infections remained below the 1K-level at 773 on Thursday, taking the city's tally to 722,736 till date, after touching the highest daily spike of 11,206 cases on April 4.
The daily deaths decreased from 23 a day earlier to 10 on Thursday, taking the country's commercial capital's total fatalities to 15,348.
The state's death rate was reported at 2 percent on Thursday, while the number of active cases remained below the 2 lakh level at 121,767.
On the brighter side, as many as 9,371 fully cured persons returned home on Thursday, taking the state's total number of recoveries to 57,62,661, with a recovery rate of 95.93.
Delhi recorded eight deaths and 109 fresh cases of coronavirus infection on Thursday as the city's positivity rate dipped to 0.14 percent, according to data shared by the Health department here.
The new fatalities have pushed the death toll due to the disease in the city to 24,948.
On Wednesday, Delhi recorded 111 Covid-19 cases and seven fatalities, while the positivity rate stood at 0.15 percent.
On June 14, the city had registered 131 cases and 16 deaths, while on February 22, there were 128 cases of Covid-19, according to official figures.
On Monday, Delhi had reported 89 coronavirus cases with a positivity rate of 0.16 percent, both lowest this year so far, while 11 people died, according to the data.
The city's infection rate, which had reached 36 percent in the last week of April, has dipped below 0.20 percent now.
Despite the recent fall in daily cases, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has cautioned that chances of a third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic are quite real, asserting that his government is preparing on a "war-footing" to combat it.
Tamil Nadu recorded 6,162 fresh coronavirus cases, including three returnees from Andhra Pradesh, pushing the overall caseload to 24.49 lakh while the toll mounted to 31,901 with 155 additional deaths.
As many as 9,046 people got discharged today, taking the total recoveries to 23,67,831 leaving 49,845 active infections, a medical bulletin said on Thursday.
Coimbatore and Erode reported an excess of 500 cases each while 18 districts reported new infections in double digits.
Chennai registered 372 cases aggregating to 5,30,789 till date.
The number of Covid-19 related fatalities in the State capital also reached 8,131.
The testing of RT-PCR samples stood at 1,70,283 in the last 24 hours, pushing the cumulative number of specimens examined so far to 3.18 crore.
As many as 28 victims were patients without any co- morbidity or pre-existing illness including a 26 year old girl from Krishnagiri who succumbed due to Covid-19 pneumonia.
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