COVID pandemic: India reports 1,225 new cases with 28 fatalities in single day
The total active cases of COVID in India have declined to 14,307 the health ministry data showed today.
COVID-19 Updates: India recorded 1,225 new cases of the novel coronavirus, along with 28 deaths due to the infection in the past 24 hours. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Thursday (March 31), the country saw a total of 1,594 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery rate at around 98.76 per cent and total recoveries data reached to 4,24,89,004.
The total active cases of COVID-19 in India have declined to 14,307 (0.03%) the ministry data showed today.
The total death toll in the country is now at 5,21,129. In India, the first death due to the COVID pandemic was reported in March 2020.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 78,91,64,922 samples have been tested up to March 30 for COVID-19. Of these 6,07,987 samples were tested on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Delhi on Wednesday reported 123 coronavirus cases with a positivity rate of 0.50 per cent, while there was one fatality due to the infection, according to data shared by the health department. With these fresh cases, the national capital’s tally increased to 18,64,857. The death toll stands at 26,151, it stated.
As many as 24,706 COVID-19 tests were conducted here the previous day, the department said in its latest bulletin. Delhi on Tuesday reported 95 COVID-19 cases and no fresh fatality due to the infection, while the positivity rate declined to 0.45 per cent.
On Monday, Delhi had reported 90 COVID-19 cases and no fresh death due to the viral disease, while the positivity rate stood at 0.53 per cent.
| S. No. | Name of State / UT | Active Cases* | Cured/Discharged/Migrated* | Deaths** | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Change since yesterday | Cumulative | Change since yesterday | Cumulative | Change since yesterday | ||||
| Death During Day(a) | Death Reconciled (b) | Total (a+b) | |||||||
| 1 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 1 | 1 | 9903 | 1 | 129 | |||
| 2 | Andhra Pradesh | 288 | 26 | 2304506 | 41 | 14730 | |||
| 3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 64188 | 296 | ||||
| 4 | Assam | 1354 | 2 | 716203 | 2 | 6639 | |||
| 5 | Bihar | 29 | 1 | 818180 | 2 | 12256 | |||
| 6 | Chandigarh | 22 | 1 | 90729 | 1 | 1165 | |||
| 7 | Chhattisgarh | 126 | 24 | 1137958 | 31 | 14034 | |||
| 8 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 0 | 11437 | 4 | |||||
| 9 | Delhi | 459 | 16 | 1838246 | 106 | 26152 | 1 | 1 | |
| 10 | Goa | 24 | 3 | 241432 | 4 | 3832 | 2 | 2 | |
| 11 | Gujarat | 122 | 28 | 1212829 | 37 | 10942 | |||
| 12 | Haryana | 313 | 26 | 974233 | 67 | 10616 | |||
| 13 | Himachal Pradesh | 164 | 280225 | 18 | 4133 | ||||
| 14 | Jammu and Kashmir | 146 | 4 | 448824 | 26 | 4750 | |||
| 15 | Jharkhand | 57 | 7 | 429771 | 13 | 5315 | |||
| 16 | Karnataka | 1627 | 71 | 3903756 | 105 | 40053 | 1 | 1 | |
| 17 | Kerala*** | 4242 | 145 | 6460147 | 562 | 67865 | 4 | 17 | 21 |
| 18 | Ladakh | 10 | 2 | 27984 | 2 | 228 | |||
| 19 | Lakshadweep | 0 | 11350 | 52 | |||||
| 20 | Madhya Pradesh | 145 | 7 | 1030218 | 21 | 10734 | |||
| 21 | Maharashtra | 939 | 21 | 7725120 | 138 | 147782 | 2 | 2 | |
| 22 | Manipur | 38 | 2 | 134935 | 4 | 2120 | |||
| 23 | Meghalaya | 27 | 3 | 92141 | 5 | 1593 | |||
| 24 | Mizoram | 1048 | 53 | 222628 | 152 | 684 | |||
| 25 | Nagaland | 15 | 1 | 34701 | 759 | ||||
| 26 | Odisha | 453 | 59 | 1278035 | 9120 | ||||
| 27 | Puducherry | 1 | 1 | 163811 | 1 | 1962 | |||
| 28 | Punjab | 126 | 9 | 741238 | 20 | 17741 | |||
| 29 | Rajasthan | 250 | 1 | 1273164 | 26 | 9552 | |||
| 30 | Sikkim | 11 | 1 | 38676 | 2 | 452 | |||
| 31 | Tamil Nadu | 322 | 17 | 3414443 | 56 | 38025 | |||
| 32 | Telangana | 462 | 5 | 786680 | 35 | 4111 | |||
| 33 | Tripura | 2 | 1 | 99952 | 920 | ||||
| 34 | Uttarakhand | 493 | 6 | 429055 | 1 | 7691 | |||
| 35 | Uttar Pradesh | 354 | 17 | 2046824 | 49 | 23495 | 1 | 1 | |
| 36 | West Bengal | 636 | 29 | 1995482 | 66 | 21197 | |||
| Total# | 14307 | 397 | 42489004 | 1594 | 521129 | 11 | 17 | 28 | |
| *** For Kerala as per the state media bulletin: 4 of deaths reported on 30th Mar, + 17 deaths declared as per appeal cases filed G.O(Rt) No.2110/2021/H&FWD | |||||||||
| *(Including foreign Nationals) | |||||||||
| **( more than 70% cases due to comorbidities ) |
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