Covid In India: India reports 3,11,170 new COVID 19 cases, 3,62,437 discharges and 4,077 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per Union Health Ministry.
Total cases: 2,46,84,077
Total discharges: 2,07,95,335
Death toll: 2,70,284
Active cases: 36,18,458
Total vaccination: 18,22,20,164
The Indian Council of Medical Research 31,48,50,143 samples tested for COVID19 up to 15th May 2021. Of these, 18,32,950 samples were tested yesterday.
The death tally in Maharashtra is raising an alarm in the state, signalling that even though the daily infections have been declining lately, the deadly second wave of the coronavirus pandemic is far from over.
On Friday, Maharashtra, which had been consistently logging over 60,000 daily Covid cases last month, reported less than 40,000 cases after several weeks. Today, the daily Covid cases dropped further -- the state logged 34,898 cases.
West Bengal reported 144 new deaths linked to COVID-19 on Saturday - its highest figure since the beginning of the pandemic - as the proportion of coronavirus tests coming back positive also reached an all-time high of 9.8 per cent.
With 19,511 new cases reported, the number of daily infections came below 20,000 after 10 days. The state has reported 13,137 deaths and over 11 lakh cases so far.
Kolkata reported 3,951 new cases and 30 deaths. North 24 Parganas district had 4,279 cases and 35 deaths.
In Uttarkhand, At least 1,053 children of up to 9 years of age were affected with COVID 19 between April 16 and April 30, and 1,618 children were affected between May 1 and May 14, according to State Health Department