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COVID pandemic: India adds 5,921 new cases with 289 fatalities in single day

The total active cases of COVID in India have declined to 63,878 the health ministry data showed today.

COVID-19 Updates: India recorded 5,921 new cases of the novel coronavirus, along with 289 deaths due to the infection in the past 24 hours. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Saturday (March 5), the country saw a total of 11,651 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery rate at around 98.65 per cent and total recoveries data reached to 4,23,78,721.

The total active cases of COVID-19 in India have declined to 63,878 (0.15%) the ministry data showed today.

The total death toll in the country is now at 5,14,878. In India, the first death due to the COVID pandemic was reported in March 2020.

The daily positivity rate is at 0.63 per cent today.

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 77,19,14,261 samples have been tested up to March 4 for COVID-19. Of these 9,40,905 samples were tested on Friday.

Meanwhile, Delhi on Friday reported 302 fresh COVID-19 cases and four deaths, while the positivity rate stood at 0.63 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department. With this, the national capital’s case count increased to 18,61,189, while the death toll mounted to 26,134, the latest health bulletin stated.

The number of COVID-19 tests conducted a day ago stood at 47,738, it said. Delhi had on Thursday recorded 326 cases with a positivity rate of 0.77 per cent, and three deaths.

The number of daily cases in Delhi has been on the decline after touching the record high of 28,867 on January 13. The city had recorded a positivity rate of 30.6 per cent on January 14, the highest during the ongoing wave of the pandemic. Amid the decline in daily cases of COVID-19 in Delhi, the number of patients under home isolation has significantly fallen in the last few weeks.

The total number of home isolation cases as on February 1 had stood at 12,312, and it dipped to 1,080 on March 4. The number of containment zones, which were also slowly falling in this period, registered a dip in its count to 4,236 on March 4, according to official figures shared by the health department.

S. No.Name of State / UTActive Cases*Cured/Discharged/Migrated*Deaths**
TotalChange since yesterdayCumulativeChange since yesterdayCumulativeChange since yesterday
Death During Day(a)Death Reconciled
(b)
Total (a+b)
1Andaman and Nicobar Islands49887129   
2Andhra Pradesh1341202 2302192288 14729   
3Arunachal Pradesh7312 6409215 296   
4Assam145217 71606624 6639   
5Bihar22534 81774764 12255   
6Chandigarh9813 9052222 1165   
7Chhattisgarh888117 1136425224 14030   
8Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu2 11434 4   
9Delhi1466122 1833589420 26134 4
10Goa18112 24109230 3826 1
11Gujarat1109141 1211087237 10934   
12Haryana134589 970766326 10571 2
13Himachal Pradesh53696 278947163 4122   
14Jammu and Kashmir41251 44800683 4749 1
15Jharkhand26655 42893575 5315   
16Karnataka3507421 3898576648 39985 6
17Kerala***179131942 64249203878 6601275 179254
18Ladakh12512 2774223 228   
19Lakshadweep2 11346 52   
20Madhya Pradesh1871362 1027142515 10732   
21Maharashtra8478476 7715711992 143727 9
22Manipur27617 13448335 2113   
23Meghalaya14420 9183130 1582 1
24Mizoram5110373 211267805 661 1
25Nagaland6418 3459620 757 1
26Odisha1505141 1275019263 9091 6
27Puducherry5222 16372523 1962   
28Punjab42524 740208116 17719 1
29Rajasthan2959152 1268377464 9540   
30Sikkim3638602443   
31Tamil Nadu3505445 3409078705 38011 1
32Telangana2164222 783278374 4111   
33Tripura1099939919   
34Uttarakhand1956231 426686279 7686   
35Uttar Pradesh2629145 2042665346 23471 1
36West Bengal174927 1992743152 21178   
Total#638786019 4237872111651 514878110 179289
***For Kerala as per the state media bulletin: 75 deaths reported on 4th Mar, +179 deaths declared as per appeal G.O(Rt)No 2110/2021/H&FWD
*(Including foreign Nationals)
**( more than 70% cases due to comorbidities )

News Credit: India TV News

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