COVID: Over 13,000 new cases, 23 deaths reported in India in last 24 hours; Active cases rose to 68,108.
Highlight
- Active COVID caseload registers an increase of 5,045 cases in 24-hour period
- The daily positivity rate of COVID is 2.73 per cent as on June 18
- The total number of people who died of corona virus in the country has now reached 5,24,840.
COVID-19 India News Updates: India recorded 13,216 new cases of the novel coronavirus along with 23 deaths due to the infection in the last 24 hours. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Saturday (June 18), there were a total of 8,148 discharges in the country in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery rate to about 98.64 percent and the total recovery data reaching 4,26. ,90,845.
The total active cases of COVID-19 in India has risen to 68,108, health ministry data showed today. The active cases registered yesterday stood at 63,063.
Jump into active cases:
The active COVID-19 caseload has registered an increase of 5,045 cases in a 24-hour period. The ministry said that active cases comprise 0.15 per cent of the total infections.
The total death toll in the country now stands at 5,24,840. In India, the first death due to the COVID pandemic was reported in March 2020.
The daily positivity rate is 2.73 per cent as on June 18.
ICMR test:
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 85,73,95,276 samples have been tested for COVID-19 till June 17. Of these, 4,84,924 samples were tested on Friday.
Read also: Close to 200 crore Kovid vaccine doses have been given in India so far: Ministry of Health
Maharashtra COVID Tally:
Meanwhile, Maharashtra reported 4,165 new cases of Covid-19 and three deaths on Friday, according to data provided by the state health department. While the state is reporting over 4,000 cases in the last three days, the new daily count was slightly lower than Thursday.
The state recorded 4,255 cases on Thursday. On Wednesday, the state recorded 4,024 cases and four deaths.
The total number of cases rose to 79,27,862 and the death toll in Maharashtra rose to 1,47,883. The number of active cases had increased to 21,749.
Read also: Delhi recorded 1,797 new cases of Kovid today, which is almost 30% more than yesterday
| serial number | State/Union Territory Name | Active Case* | OK/Discharge/Migrate* | Deaths** | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gross | change from yesterday | cumulative | change from yesterday | cumulative | change from yesterday | ||||||
| death during the day
(One) |
death covenant (b) |
Total (A+B) | |||||||||
| 1 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 1 1 | 1 | 9924 | 129 | ||||||
| 2 | Andra Pradesh | 205 | 15 | 2305328 | 24 | 14731 | |||||
| 3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 2 | 64213 | 1 | 296 | ||||||
| 4 | Assam | 59 | 5 | 716256 | 10 | 7988 | |||||
| 5 | A state in Eastern India | 179 | 17 | 818639 | 23 | 12256 | |||||
| 6 | Chandigarh | 248 | 10 | 91452 | 25 | 1165 | |||||
| 7 | Chattisgarh | 232 | 1138508 | 14035 | |||||||
| 8 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 0 | 11437 | 4 | |||||||
| 9 | Delhi | 3948 | 305 | 1887055 | 1016 | 26225 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 10 | Goa | 614 | 45 | 242359 | 67 | 3833 | |||||
| 1 1 | Gujarat | 1102 | 111 | 1214892 | 117 | 10946 | |||||
| 12 | Haryana | 2364 | 250 | 994727 | 375 | 10621 | |||||
| 13 | Himachal Pradesh | 147 | 25 | 281063 | 51 | 4137 | |||||
| 14 | Jammu and Kashmir | 126 | 6 | 449542 | 16 | 4752 | |||||
| 15 | Jharkhand | 76 | 10 | 430078 | 13 | 5319 | |||||
| 16 | Karnataka | 4371 | 374 | 3914343 | 458 | 40110 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 17 | Kerala *** | 19210 | 1255 | 6500244 | 2156 | 69853 | 8 | 8 | |||
| 18 | Ladakh | 31 | 28047 | 228 | |||||||
| 19 | Lakshadweep | 0 | 11350 | 52 | |||||||
| 20 | Madhya Pradesh | 400 | 7 | 1032199 | 53 | 10739 | |||||
| 21 | Maharashtra | 20634 | 1373 | 7755183 | 2879 | 147880 | 3 | 3 | |||
| 22 | Manipur | 2 | 1 | 135122 | 1 | 2120 | |||||
| 23 | Meghalaya | 42 | 31 | 92234 | 1593 | ||||||
| 24 | Mizoram | 167 | 21 | 227819 | 42 | 701 | |||||
| 25 | Nagaland | 3 | 1 | 34738 | 1 | 761 | |||||
| 26 | Orissa | 213 | 24 | 1279398 | 17 | 9126 | |||||
| 27 | Puducherry | 77 | 14 | 163953 | 5 | 1962 | |||||
| 28 | Punjab | 430 | 52 | 742813 | 40 | 17756 | |||||
| 29 | Rajasthan Rajasthan | 631 | 50 | 1276655 | 65 | 9560 | |||||
| 30 | Sikkim | 12 | 2 | 38723 | 1 | 453 | |||||
| 31 | Tamil Nadu | 2313 | 375 | 3418658 | 177 | 38026 | |||||
| 32 | Telangana | 1621 | 220 | 789561 | 65 | 4111 | |||||
| 33 | Tripura | 1 | 99966 | 923 | |||||||
| 34 | Uttarakhand | 569 | 3 | 429929 | 17 | 7694 | |||||
| 35 | Uttar Pradesh | 1849 | 204 | 2057698 | 209 | 23525 | |||||
| 36 | West Bengal | 1174 | 137 | 1998591 | 61 | 21207 | |||||
| gross# | 63063 | 4848 | 42682697 | 7985 | 524817 | 1 | 8 | 14 | |||
| ***Number of deaths declared by Kerala 13-GOK, further details are given below: 2 Number of deaths in last 24 hours; 10 deaths were announced in the last 24 hours but last days due to late receipt of documents; 1 No. of Deaths declared as per Appeal GO(Rt) No.2110/2021/H&FWD (Appeal Cases Registered) | |||||||||||
| *(including foreign nationals) | |||||||||||
| **(more than 70% of cases due to comorbidities) | |||||||||||