Besides the new cases, 15,858 recoveries were reported in the country in the same period, the Ministry said.

The total count includes 1,35,926 active cases and 1,05,89,230 recoveries.

The COVID-19 death toll has reached 1,55,447 with 87 people succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours.

As many as 75,05,010 COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in the country so far.

A total of 20,40,23,840 samples have been tested for the coronavirus as of February 10. Of these, 6,99,185 samples were tested on Wednesday, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) informed.

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The total number of Covid-19 positive cases in India now stands at 1,00,75,116, while active cases tally is at 2,92,518.

With 301 more deaths, the Covid-19 toll in the country rose to 1,46,111.

The country also reported 30,376 recoveries in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovered cases to 96,36,487.

According to Indian Council of Medical Research, a total of 16,31,70,557 samples tested for COVID-19 up to December 21. Of these, 10,72,228 samples were tested on December 22.

Meanwhile, the new strain of coronavirus in the United Kingdom has triggered panic across the world. In a bid to block the new mutant of the coronavirus from spreading, the Indian government has announced that all the flights from the UK will be suspended from Tuesday till December 31.

All the passengers arriving in India till Tuesday (December 22) will have to get themselves tested.

Meanwhile, countries across the globe shut their borders to Britain on December 21 due to fears about a highly infectious new coronavirus strain, causing travel chaos and raising the prospect of food shortages days before Britain is set to leave the European Union.

India, Pakistan, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, Russia, Jordan, France, Hong Kong and other countries suspended travel for Britons after Prime Minister Boris Johnson said a mutated variant of the virus had been identified in the country.

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With 336 new deaths, the toll mounted to 1,43,355 as of Monday, with total active cases at 3,52,586.

The health ministry said that more than 70 percent of the deaths occurred due to comorbodities.

The total discharged cases are at 93,88,159 with 30,695 new discharges in the last 24 hours.

The COVID-19 caseload of the country remained below 4 lakh for the eighth consecutive day on Monday. The national recovery rate is at 94.98 percent, while the case fatality rate stands at 1.45 percent.

India’s Covid-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23 and 40 lakh on September 5.
It went past 50 lakh on September 16, 60 lakh on September 28,
70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29 and surpassed 90 lakh on November 2.

A total of 15,45,66,990 samples tested for COVID-19 up to December 13. Of these, 8,55,157 samples were tested yesterday said Indian Council of Medical Research.

On December 13, Delhi recorded 1,984 fresh Covid-19 cases which pushed the infection tally to 6.07 lakh, while the death toll crossed the 10,000 mark with 33 new fatalities.

These fresh cases came after conducting 72,335 tests including 35,611 RT-PCR tests, according to the latest bulletin issued by the Delhi health department.

With over 98.57 lakh total coronavirus cases, India’s active caseload continues to decline and is currently below 3.6 lakh, the union ministry of health said.

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Now the total cases in the country stands at 92,66,706.

The death toll has mounted to 1,35,223. The active cases now stands at 4,25,344 and with new discharged cases at 36,367, the total recoveries in the countries is 86,79,138.

With 44,489 new #COVID19 infections, India's total cases rise to 92,66,706

With 524 new deaths, toll mounts to 1,35,223 . Total active cases at 4,52,344

Total discharged cases at 86,79,138 with 36,367 new discharges in last 24 hrs pic.twitter.com/234QqoZyPk

— ANI (@ANI) November 26, 2020

According to Indian Council of Medical Research, the total number of samples tested up to November 25 is 13,59,31,545 including 10,90,238 samples tested on Nov 25.

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issued a fresh Covid-19 guidelines on November 26, after several states witnessed a fresh surge in the number of coronavirus cases. The order came with strict guidelines for surveillance and containment. The measures suggested in the order will be effective from December 1, and last till December 31.

Meanwhile, the government has launched ‘Mission Covid Suraksha’ to help accelerate the development of approximately five to six vaccine candidates, and ensure that these are brought closer to licensure and introduction in the market, the Department of Biotechnology said.

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With 520 new deaths reported in the last 24 hours, the toll mounts to 1,29,188.

The total number of active cases stand at 4,80,719 after a decrease of 3,828 in the last 24 hours.

Total discharged cases stand at 81,63,572 with 47,992 new discharges in the last 24 hours.

#CoronaVirusUpdates:

📍Total #COVID19 Cases in India (as on November 14, 2020)

➡️93.05% Cured/Discharged/Migrated (8,16,35,72)
➡️5.48% Active cases (4,80,719)
➡️1.47% Deaths (1,29,188)

Total COVID-19 confirmed cases = Cured/Discharged/Migrated+Active cases+Deaths pic.twitter.com/KXjPLi1Tmd

— #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) November 14, 2020

The Ministry of Health revealed that, the recovery rate in India is at 93.05 percent while the fatality rate is at 1.47 percent. The active cases comprise of 5.48 percent of the total cases as of Saturday.

Maharashtra has reported 85,583 active cases, 16,05,064 recoveries and 45,682 deaths due to the disease so far while Karnataka recorded 29,489 active cases, 8,14,949 recoveries and 11,474 deaths so far.

The national capital reported 43,116 active cases and 7,332 deaths while 4,16,580 people recovered from the infection till now.

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), a total of 12,40,31,230 samples have been tested for COVID-19.

COVID-19 Testing Update. For more details visit: https://t.co/dI1pqvXAsZ @MoHFW_INDIA @DeptHealthRes #ICMRFIGHTSCOVID19 #IndiaFightsCOVID19 #CoronaUpdatesInIndia #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/hrWG5TkchP

— ICMR (@ICMRDELHI) November 14, 2020

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The total number of active cases now stands at 5,05,265 after a decrease of 4,408 in the last 24 hours.

Total recovered cases are at 79,59,406 with 42,033 new discharges in the last 24 hours.

India’s COVID-19 active cases have fallen below six percent of the total cases.

In a tweet, the Health Ministry said, “ Demonstrating a landmark achievement, India’s active cases have fallen below 6% of the total cases. The recovered cases have leaped past 92% of the cumulative cases.”

In another tweet, it said, “Caliberated and effective strategy of the Center focused on high levels of testing for early identification combined with timely tracing, isolation and hospitalisation of the severe cases have resulted in a manageable number of active cases and continuously rising number of recoveries.”

Delhi has overtaken Maharashtra and Kerala by reporting 7,745 infections in a span of 24 hours to become the largest contributor to the single-day infections.

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), a total of 11,96,15,857 samples have been tested for coronavirus till November 9. Of these 10,43,665 samples were tested on November 9.

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India recorded 490 deaths in the last 24 hours raising the death toll to 1,26,611.

The total number of active cases stands at 5,09,673. Total recovered cases are at 79,17,373 with 48,405 new discharges in the last 24 hours.

Keeping up with the trend of single-day COVID-19 recoveries outnumbering daily new cases, on November 8, 49,082 patients recuperated from the disease in a day, the Union Health Ministry said.

As the national case rise decreases, the onset of winter and pollution left Delhi grappling with a third wave of coronavirus- it’s most severe yet.

The global coronavirus caseload has breached the 50 million cases mark, according to the latest updates by Johns Hopkins University on November 9 (local time).

The exact number of COVID-19 cases worldwide stands at 50,325,072 while the number of fatalities due to the disease worldwide stands at 1,255,489.

The United States became the first nation worldwide since the pandemic began to surpass 10 million coronavirus infections, according to a Reuters tally on Sunday, as the third wave of the COVID-19 virus surges across the nation.

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According to the updated health ministry data, 557 coronavirus patients succumbed to the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll in the country due to the infection to over 1.25 lakh.

India currently has 5,16,632 active coronavirus cases after a decrease of 4,141 in the last 24 hours. So far, 78,19,887 people have been discharged. On Friday, 53,920 coronavirus patients were discharged.

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), India has so far tested 11,65,42,304 samples to detect coronavirus. Of these, 11,13,209 samples were tested on November 6.

India’s single-day coronavirus recoveries exceeded daily new infections successively for the past five weeks, while active cases are on a sustained decline.

There is a continuous decline in average daily new cases for the last five weeks. The ministry had said on Friday that 80 per cent of the new recovered cases are observed to be concentrated in 10 states and union territories.

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The total coronavirus cases mounted to 83,64,086 and the deaths have climbed to 1,24,315 with the virus claiming 704 lives in the last 24 hours in the country.

The COVID-19 case fatality rate was recorded at 1.49 percent. So far, there are 5,27,962 active cases of COVID-19 which comprises 6.31 percent of the total caseload.

According to the ICMR, a cumulative total of 11,42,08,384 samples have been tested up to November 4, with 12,09,425 samples being tested on November 5.

Adar Poonawalla, chief executive officer (CEO) of Pune-based pharmaceutical company Serum Institute of India (SII) said that the covid vaccine is likely to be available in the country by January 2021 provided approvals from regulatory bodies are in place and only if its proven immunogenic and efficacious.

The SII is working in collaboration with British- Sweden pharma major AstraZeneca to produce the potential covid-19 vaccine Covishield.

The CEO of the world’s largest drug manufacturing firm also said that the firm is in talks with the government over the pricing of the vaccine and assured that it will be available at a reasonable price.

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With India reporting 48,648 cases in the last 24 hours, the total number of coronavirus cases rose to 80.88 lakh on Friday. The country has been recording less than 50,000 infections for the last five days and the active cases have fallen below the six lakh mark, to a level seen in the first week of August. Also, the total number of fatalities has reached 1.21 lakh, 5,94,386 are active cases and 73,73,375 people have recovered.

The slower pace of daily infections and an improved recovery rate have led to a fairly drastic decline in active cases.

The Maharashtra government on Thursday extended the lockdown till November 30 without allowing any new activities.

Union Health Ministry has said, “India has exponentially scaled up its testing capacity from one in January to more than 10.65 cr at present. The very high testing has resulted in a continuously falling positivity rate. It is 7.54% presently.”

A total number of 10,77,28,088 samples were tested for COVID-19 on October 29. Of these, 11,64,648 samples were tested on Thursday, according to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).

Globally, over 44 million people have been infected worldwide till now. More than one million have succumbed to the virus. The United States continues to be the worst-affected followed by India and Brazil.

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In a single day, 579 coronavirus positive patients succumbed to the Covid-19 infection, according to the Health Ministry data.

India stood second behind the United States in terms of total cases of coronavirus. The country tops in terms of the number of recovered cases and third in terms of fatalities globally behind the US and Brazil.

India’s total Covid-19 tally has climbed to 75,50,273. India has also seen a dip of 11,256 in its active cases since Sunday. As of Monday morning, there are 7,72,055 active cases of coronavirus in India. So far, 66,63,608 have recovered from the infection and 1,14,610 people have died from the coronavirus.

Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka have reported the highest number of cases. However, infections are rising rapidly in states like Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. Yet, India’s recovery rate continues to rise and now stands at 88 percent.

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has said that 9,50,83,976 samples were tested for COVID-19 in the country till yesterday (October 18). Of these, 8,59,786 were tested on Sunday (October 18).

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Meanwhile , 55,300 new cases of COVID-19 cases and 706 deaths in 24 hours takes india’s overall tally to 71,75,881 including 8,38,729 active cases, 62,27,296 cured and 1,09,856 deaths, said the Union Health Ministry.

#IndiaFightsCorona

India is showing a trend of declining average daily cases over the past 5 weeks.

After a month, on 9th Oct, active cases fell below the 9L mark and have steadily followed a downward slope since. pic.twitter.com/sV8ojVR4ne

— Ministry of Health (@MoHFW_INDIA) October 13, 2020

With 77,760 new recoveries, India’s recovery rate has gone up to 86.8 percent. The Covid death rate in India, which has been reporting between 800 and 900 deaths a day since early August, is 1.5 per cent.

This is the first time in two months that India has reported around 55,000 coronavirus cases in a day and second consecutive day when the total new infections were under 70,000 since the September surge.

The country’s 24-hour COVID-19 cases have come down to an average of 72,000 to 74,000 from the earlier 90,000-plus figure.

The total number of samples tested up to October 12 is 8,89,45,107 including 10,73,014 samples tested on Monday, according to Indian Council of Medical Research. Now the daily positivity rate in India stands at 5.2 percent

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There has been a reduction in the number of active cases, indicating the daily recoveries exceeded the number of infections. India’s total number of active cases has come down to 9,34,427 on Monday.

The country has been posting high level of daily recoveries for the past few weeks and 76,737 recoveries were registered in the last 24 hours. Now 5,586,703 people have been cured so far taking the national recovery rate to 84.34%.

The new recoveries have exceeded the fresh cases of the coronavirus disease in the recent days. India has the highest number of recoveries in the world at the moment. The number of deaths in India has also witnessed a marginal dip in the past couple of days.

Maharashtra, which has the highest number of active cases in the country, has also contributed the highest number to the newly-recovered cases followed by Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.

The government also said that 10 states and Union Territories account for 77. 11% of the active cases in the country. Out of the total new cases, 78% were concentrated in 10 states and Union territories with Maharashtra contributing more than 14,000 to the new cases. Karnataka and Kerala reported 9,886 and 7834 new cases, respectively, according to government data.

India has exceeded the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommendations on daily testing per million by nearly six times, according to the health ministry. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has said that nearly 8 crore samples have been tested for Covid-19 in the country up to October 4. ICMR said a total of 7,99,82,394 samples have been tested so far. Of these, 9,89,860 samples were tested yesterday.

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The death toll from the virus has reached 92,290 with 1,141 deaths reporting on Friday.

As India’s coronavirus numbers continue to grow, there are some promising signals over the last few days. For the past six days, the number of recoveries logged per day in the country have been exceeding the number of fresh cases. In the last 24 hours, the number of recoveries stood at 81,177.

The health ministry on Friday said that 75 per cent of new cases of coronavirus in the country are concentrated in 10 states and Union Territories (UTs) so as 74 per cent of new recoveries.

The ministry also pointed out that a minimum of 14 states demonstrated better Covid-19 response on the basis of higher tests per million population and corresponding lower positivity rate than the national average.

A total of 68,928,440 samples have been tested for Covid-19 so far out of which nearly 1.5 million samples were tested on Thursday, as per data released by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).

Meanwhile, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Kerala, Delhi are some of the states that continue to be worst-hit from the pandemic.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejiriwal said the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic has hit its peak in the national capital with experts hinting that the intensity of virus spread will decline in the coming days.

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The country has logged the second highest number of cases in the world after the United States, where the tally has surged to nearly 64 lakh cases.

#IndiaFightsCorona

The gap between %Recovered Cases and %Active Cases progressively growing wide.

More than 3/4 of total cases (more than 36L) recovered & discharged.

Active Cases (less than 10.5L) only a small proportion (less than 1/4) of total cases. pic.twitter.com/wWAGHIlPsO

— Ministry of Health (@MoHFW_INDIA) September 12, 2020

In a tweet this morning, the Health Ministry said “the gap between the percentage of recovered cases and the percentage of active cases is progressively growing wide”.
“The gap between %Recovered Cases and %Active Cases progressively growing wide. More than 3/4 of total cases (more than 36L) recovered & discharged. Active Cases (less than 10.5L) only a small proportion (less than 1/4) of total cases. (sic),” the tweet read.

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Total cases in the country now stands at 11, 18,043 while the death toll is 27,497.

The health ministry said that the total number of cases includes 3, 90,459 active cases and 7, 00,087 patients have been cured.

Maharashtra remains the worst affected state with 3, 10, 455 cases reported until July 19.

As per the information provided by the Indian Council of Medical Research(ICMR), 1, 40, 47,908 samples have been tested for covid-19 till July 19 ,of these 2,56,039 samples were tested yesterday.

The case fatality rate (CFR) has for the first time dropped below 2.5 percent which makes India’s CFR 1.78 points lower than the global average.

According to data released by the Union Health Ministry on July 19, 29 states and Union Territories have a CFR that is below the national average, with 14 states reporting a CFR of less than 1%.

However some states in the country where the CFR is higher than the national average is a matter of concern.

Among the big states, Maharashtra (3.85), Gujarat (4.48) and West Bengal (2.67) continue to report CFR above the national average.

Among those with CFR below the national average are Telangana (0.93), Andhra Pradesh (1.31), Tamil Nadu (1.75), Karnataka (2.06) and Uttar Pradesh (2.36) – states that have among the highest virus caseloads and which have been driving India’s Covid surge over the last two weeks.

Meanwhile, a study conducted jointly by researchers at IIT Bhubaneswar and the AIIMS here has shown that the spread of COVID-19 may pick up during peak monsoon and winter with a fall in the temperature.

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Out of the total number of cases 2,76,685 are active, 4,95,513 have been cured and 21,604 have died so far due to the infection.

With as many as 2,30,599 COVID-19 cases, Maharashtra continues to remain the worst-affected state, followed by Tamil Nadu (1,26,581) and Delhi( 1,07,051)

Meanwhile, 2,83,659 samples were tested for coronavirus on July 10, taking the total number of samples tested up to July 9 is 1,10,24,491, according to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).

Amid a spurt in coronavirus cases, the government on July 9, said that India has not yet reached the community transmission stage of COVID-19 and asserted that there have been localised outbreaks in some geographical areas.

The Union Health Ministry also said it’s closely watching the dynamic evolution of the virus situation in India, with the World Health Organisation(WHO) now indicating the virus may be airborne.

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