Coronavirus India News highlights | West Bengal reports 3,169 fresh COVID-19 cases, 53 deaths

Haryanarecorded its highest jump of 994 novel coronavirus cases, taking the tally near the 50,000 mark on Wednesday, while the toll rose to 567 with 10 more deaths, the Health Department said.

It was for the third straight day that the state had a record spike in cases. On Tuesday, the state had registered 896 cases, and it was 887 a day earlier.

There are 7,307 active cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), while 42,056 have recovered. The total cases rose to 49,930, according to a health bulletin.

Out of the 10 more fatalities, two each were from Faridabad,Rewariand Ambala, while a person each died inGurgaon,Hisar,KurukshetraandSirsa, the department said.

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The death toll due to the pandemic rose to 7,265 with 46 new fatalities, it added.

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West Bengal reports 3,169 new COVID-19cases and 53 deaths today. The total number of cases rises to 1,25,922 and the death toll stands at 2,581. There are 27,678 active cases.

8,642 new COVID-19cases (including 2,804 cases from Bengaluru Urban), 7,201 discharges and 126 deaths reported in Karnataka today. The total number of cases rises to 2,49,590 including 81,097 active cases, 1,64,150 discharges and 4,327 deaths.

13,165 new COVID-19cases and 346 deaths reported in Maharashtra today; 9,011 patients discharged. The total cases in the state rise to 6,28,642, including 21,033 deaths and 4,46,881 recovered patients. Active cases stand at 1,60,413.

5,795 new COVID-19cases, 6,384 recoveries and116 deaths reported today in Tamil Nadu. The total tally of COVID cases rises to 3,55,449 including 53,155 active cases, 2,96,171 recovered cases and6,123 deaths till date.

708 new COVID-19cases (102 from Jammu and606 from Kashmir), 611 recoveries (175 from Jammu and436 from Kashmir) and11 deaths reported from Kashmir today. Total number of cases in J&K stands at 30,034, including 6,965 active cases, 22,497 recoveries & 572 deaths till date.

2,333 new COVID-19 cases, 1,217 recoveries and7 deaths reported in Kerala today. There are 17,382 active cases in the state and32,611 recovered cases in the state till date.

9,742 new COVID-19cases and 86 deaths reported in Andhra Pradesh in the last 24 hours, taking total number of cases to 3,16,003 including 86,725 active cases, 2,26,372 recoveries and 2,906 deaths.

The number of deaths due to COVID-19reached 2,638 inUttarPradesh on Wednesday with the state's case fatality rate (CFR) coming down to 1.57 percent, a senior official said.

A total of 2,638 people have died in the state due to coronavirus infection, Additional Chief SecretaryAmitMohanPrasad said.

As many as 1,15,227 people have recovered and been discharged from hospitals while the number of active cases was 49,645, he said, adding that in the past three days since August 16, the number of active cases has come down by almost 2,000 indicating that more people are recovering from the infection than those falling prey to it.