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Coronavirus News Highlights: Today is the 369th day since India implemented a nationwide lockdown to help curb the novel coronavirus pandemic. India saw 62,714 new coronavirus infections in a day, the highest single day rise so far this year, taking the nationwide COVID-19 tally to 1,19,71,624, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. Registering a steady increase for the 18th day in row, the active cases have increased to 4,86,310 comprising 4.06 percent of the total infections, while the recovery rate has further dropped to 94.58 percent, the data stated. The 62,714 new cases were reported in a span of 24 hours, the highest since October 16, 2020, while the death toll increased to 1,61,552 with 312 daily new fatalities, the highest in around three months, the data updated at 8 am showed. The daily death toll of 312 is the highest since December 25, 2020 when 336 new deaths were reported. As many as 63,371 new infections were recorded in a span of 24 hours on October 16. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,13,23,762, while the case fatality rate stood at 1.35 percent, the data stated. Globally, more than 12.55 crore people have been infected by the coronavirus and 27.56 lakh have died so far. India has begun the second phase of the vaccination drive in which everyone above 60 years of age and those over 45 years with comorbidities will be able to get the COVID-19 vaccine. India's regulator has granted restricted emergency use approval for two vaccines -- Covishield and Covaxin. The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in India has crossed 5.55 crore, according to the Union Health Ministry.
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West Bengal's COVID-19 tally mounted to 5,84,666 as 827 more people tested positive for the infection, the highest single-day spike in three months, a health bulletin said. Two more patients succumbed to the infection in Kolkata, pushing the state's coronavirus death toll to 10,324, it said. At least 457 more people were cured of the disease, taking the total number of recoveries to 5,69,366. The recovery rate among the coronavirus patients in the state stood at 97.38 per cent. The state now has 4,976 active cases, it said. West Bengal has so far tested over 91.13 lakh samples for COVID-19.In view of the rising number of coronavirus cases, the state government had issued an advisory urgingpeople to celebrate Holi only with family members.
Chhattisgarh's COVID-19 tally mounted to 3,40,093, as 2,153 people tested positivefor the infection, while 15 deaths took the toll to 4,076, a health official said. The number of recoveries reached 3,16,778 after 27 people were discharged from the hospital and 645 completed home isolation, leaving the state with 19,239 active cases, he said. "Raipur district reported 371 new cases, taking its total count to 63,211, including 876 deaths. Durg district saw a total count of785 new cases, Rajnandgaon 225 and Bilaspur 110. Of the fatalities recorded during the day, 10 took place on Sunday, four on Saturday and one earlier," he said. With 24,686 samples being examined on Sunday, the total number of tests in the state went up to 56,83,532.
Total cases: 2,71,3875
Total discharges: 2,33,2453
Active cases: 3,25,901
Death toll: 54,181
Britain on Sunday reported a further 3,862 COVID-19 cases and 19 more deaths within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test, according to official data, as the number of people to have received a first dose of coronavirus vaccine passed 30 million.
Pakistan has decided to impose fresh restrictions on social gatherings from April 5 onwards as the nation continues to witness a surge in the cases of coronavirus, according to an official statement.Pakistan's coronavirus cases till Sunday stood at 654,591 as 4,767 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours. The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) in its meeting headed by Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar took the decision of restrictions against gatherings after reviewing the latest pandemic situation.The top anti-corona body decided to ban all indoor and outdoor wedding ceremonies from April 5 onwards in cities and districts where the positivity rate will be above 8 per cent. But it empowered the provinces to implement restrictions even before the agreed time frame if needed.The meeting also decided to ban with immediate effect all kinds of indoor and outdoor gatherings, including social, cultural, political, sports events, according to a statement by the NCOC. Under the guidelines of the recent session, the NCOC will provide updated hotspot maps to provinces for enforcement of expanded lockdowns with effect from March 29th, it said.
Total cases: 2,31,734
Total cured cases: 2,01,127
Active cases: 23,917
Death toll: 6,690
Uttar Pradesh reports 1,446 new COVID-19 cases, 367 discharges, and 3 deaths in the last 24 hours
Active cases: 7,692
Total discharges: 5,97,320
Death toll: 8,786
Mumbai reports 6,923 new COVID19 cases, 08 deaths, taking the total number of cases to 3,98,674 and deaths to 11,649.
Total cases 6,57,715
Total recoveries 6,39,164
Death toll 11,006
Active cases 7,545
Rajasthan reported 1,081 COVID-19 cases which took the tally to 3,30,676 while two more fatalities pushed the death toll in the state to 2,813, according to an official report. The new cases included 209 in Jaipur, 172 in Jodhpur, 98 in Kota, 89 in Udaipur and 65 in Ajmer, it said.The fresh deaths were reported in Rajsamand district, according to the report. It said that a total of 3,20,704 people have recovered from the disease and the number of active cases in the state is 7,159.
Kerala recorded 2,216 fresh coronavirus cases, including 23 health workers pushing the total infection count to 11.17 lakh. As many as 1,853 people have been cured of the infections, taking the total recoveries to 10,88,522 as the active cases touched 24,582, Health Minister K K Shailaja said, in a pressrelease. The virus caseload has mounted to 11,17,993. The virus caseload has mounted to 11,17,993.
Andhra Pradesh reported 1,005 fresh cases of coronavirus on Sunday, the highest single-day rise after November 26, pushing the gross up to 8,98,815. The state now has 5,394 active cases, the highest number since the 5,259 on December 9. A health department bulletin said 324 patients had recovered and two more succumbed to the infection in the state in 24 hours ending 9 am on Sunday. The total recoveries have now touched 8,86,216 and the toll was 7,205, it said. Guntur district reported the highest number of 225 fresh cases in a day, followed by Chittoor 184, Visakhapatnam 167 and Krishna 135. SPS Nellore added 84 while the remaining eight districts saw the addition of less than 50 fresh cases each. Krishna and Chittoor districts reported one fresh COVID- 19 fatality each in a day. The overall infection positivity rate in the state now stood at six per cent after 1.49 crore tests were completed. Meanwhile, police launched an enforcement drive across the state to make people wear facial masks.
