India's Daily Covid Cases Dip Below 2.5 Lakh Mark For First Time Since April, 3,741 Fatalities In Last 24 Hrs

Nearly 9,000 people have been infected with mucormycosis or Black Fungus across the country, Union Minister Sadananda Gowda said today. In view of the rapid surge, the government has sent over 23,000 additional vials of a key drug used for the treatment of the fungal infection to the affected states

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Covid In India: Amid the growing scare of black fungus India has reported below 2.40 lakh cases for the first time since April 2021.

India reports 2,40,842 new COVID19 cases, 3,55,102 discharges & 3,741 deaths in last 24 hrs, as per Health Ministry.

Total cases: 2,65,30,132

Total discharges: 2,34,25,467

Death toll: 2,99,266 Active cases: 28,05,399

Total vaccination: 19,50,04,184

Karnataka on Saturday reported as many as 31,183 new COVID19 cases pushing the total number of cases to 23,98,925, the health bulletin said. Currently, the active tally stands at 4,83,204.

The death toll today reached to 24,658 as 451 people succumbed to the deadly virus in the last 24 hours.

Maharashtra’s daily coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases dipped further as the state recorded 26,133 fresh Covid-19 cases taking the tally to 5,553,225. The state’s death toll due to the pandemic reached 87,300 with 682 fresh fatalities over the last 24 hours. The case fatality rate in the state increased to 1.57%.

Financial hub Mumbai reported 1,283 cases on Saturday as the tally reached 695,483. Mumbai also reported 52 deaths which took its death toll to 14,516.

 Kerala reported 176 deaths on Saturday, the highest since the outbreak began. In the last two days, the death toll was 320.At least 28 black fungus cases and two deaths have been reported so far. 

In Uttarakhand, a total of 65 patients have been detected with black fungus (Mucormycosis) in Uttarakhand. Of which, 61 are admitted to AIIMS Rishikesh. 

 Nearly 9,000 people have been infected with mucormycosis or Black Fungus across the country, Union Minister Sadananda Gowda said today. In view of the rapid surge, the government has sent over 23,000 additional vials of a key drug used for the treatment of the fungal infection to the affected states, he added.