Covid 19 Update: India reports 2,57,299 new COVID19 cases, 3,57,630 discharges & 4,194 deaths in last 24 hrs, as per Health Ministry.
Total cases: 2,62,89,290 Total discharges: 2,30,70,365
Death toll: 2,95,525 Active cases: 29,23,400
Total vaccination: 19,33,72,819
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said that 32,64,84,155 samples tested for COVID 19 up to 21st May 2021. Of these, 20,66,285 samples were tested yesterday.
Pune district reported 4,129 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking its COVID-19 count to 9,88,916, while the day also saw 96 deaths and 2,496 people getting discharged from hospitals, an official said yesterday. The toll in the district stands at 15,853, he said.
"Pune city's tally rose to 4,64,076 with the addition of 973 cases, while Pimpri Chinchwad's caseload reached 2,45,413 with the detection of 750 cases. The tally in rural and cantonment areas of the district is 2,79,427," the official said.
Tamil Nadu recorded 36,184 Covid cases while 24,478 people recovered from the deadly virus on Friday. With this, the total tally of the state reached 17,70,988, and the overall number of fatalities recorded as 19,598. With the active cases stand at 2,74,629 the test positivity rate in rate is 21.8 per cent.
West Bengal's COVID-19 death toll jumped to 14,054 yesterday after 159 more patients succumbed to the virus, the health department said in a bulletin. As many as 19,847 fresh cases of the infection pushed the coronavirus tally to 12,29,805, it said. The state now has 1,32,181 active cases, while 10,83,570 people have recovered from the virus, including 19,017 since Thursday