With 1025 new COVID-19 cases, Delhi's tally crosses 1.28 lakh

India crossed the 12-lakh mark of coronavirus cases, just three days after it went past the 11-lakh mark. There are 4,26,167 active cases of coronavirus infection presently in the country.

With the highest single-day spike of 45,720 cases, India's COVID-19 tally crossed the 12-lakh mark on Thursday (July 23), while the death toll mounted to 29,861 with a record 1,129 fatalities in a day, according to the Union Health Ministry data.

The country crossed the 12-lakh mark, just three days after it went past the 11-lakh milestone.

The coronavirus caseload in the country surged to 12,38,635 on Thursday, while 7,82,606 people have recovered so far in the country, the data updated at 8 am showed.

There are 4,26,167 active cases of coronavirus infection presently in the country.

Around 63.18 percent people have recovered so far.

According to the ICMR, a cumulative total of 1,50,75,369 samples have been tested up to July 22 with 3,50,823 samples being tested on Wednesday.

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24 July 2020

22:18 PM

In the last 24 hours, 1025 new cases and 32 deaths were reported in Delhi. A total of 1866 people have been cured. So far, a total of 128,389 cases have been reported in Delhi, out of which 110,931 patients were cured. So far there have been 3,777 deaths and 13,681 active cases. The recovery rate in Delhi increased to 86.40%, infection rate decreased to 5.35% and the death rate stood at 2.94%.

22:05 PM

Karnataka: In 24 hours, 2037 people have been discharged, 5007 new cases and 110 deaths reported. So far, 31347 have been discharged, 52791 active cases, 1724 deaths and 85870 positive cases. Bengaluru recorded 2267 positive cases and 50 deaths in 24 hours.

22:04 PM

The Jammu and Kashmir administration has implemented a weekend lockdown in Jammu from 6 pm Friday to 6 am Monday. Police officers were seen in the town with mic fitted vehicles informing the people about the lockdown and getting the markets closed. The number of people who died of coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir has reached 296.

19:41 PM

With 6,785 new cases in Tamil Nadu, the total number of cases in the state reached 1,99,749 on Friday evening. The total active cases stand at 53,132; discharged cases at 143,297 and deaths at 3,320. In the last 24 hours, 6504 people have been discharged, and 88 deaths reported. 

14:41 PM

Bihar: 1820 new COVID cases have been reported in the state, taking the total number of cases to 33511 as per the State Health Department.

14:39 PM

Indonesia reported 1,761 new coronavirus infections on Friday, bringing the total tally to 95,418, data from the country`s Health Ministry website showed. (Reuters input)

10:38 AM

Odisha: 1594 new COVID-19 positive cases have been reported in the state, taking the total number of cases to 22693 including 14393 recoveries and 8147 active cases. Death toll rises to 120 after 6 new deaths have been reported as per the State Health Department. 

10:25 AM

Uttar Pradesh: Four barracks of the Jhansi district jail have been converted into a level one COVID hospital after a total of 128 inmates tested Corona positive. (IANS input)

09:36 AM

India witnessed the highest one-day spike in coronavirus cases with 49,310 new cases and 740 fatalities on Friday taking the total tally to 12,87,945 and the death toll to 30,601.

07:19 AM

ICMR Sample testing: The total number of COVID19 samples tested up to 23rd July is 1,54,28,170 including 3,52,801 samples tested yesterday. 

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06:28 AM

Punjab records 441 fresh COVID-19 cases, its highest single-day spike, taking tally to 11,739, death toll climbs to 277 with 8 more fatalities; active case count 3,721. (PTI report)

06:27 AM

Uttarakhand's COVID-19 tally mounts to 5,445 with 145 new cases, death toll reaches 60 after 3 more patients succumb; active case count 1,948.

06:25 AM

Sikkim: 22 fresh cases of COVID-19 in the state, taking tally to 460; number of active cases stands at 338. (PTI report)