New Coronavirus Cases In India Above 40K Mark With 43,509 Fresh Infections As Kerala Tally Remains High

<p><strong>New Delhi:&nbsp;</strong>India on Thursday reported 43,509 fresh infections, 38,465 recoveries in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed.</p> <p>Active caseload currently is 4,03,840 while the recovery rate is at 97.38 percent.</p> <p>Total samples tested up to 28th July are 46,26,29,773 including 17,28,795 samples tested yesterday.</p> <p>Active cases constitute 1.28 percent of total cases while the weekly positivity rate remains below 5 percent, currently at 2.38 percent.</p> <p>The daily positivity rate at 2.52 percent, remains below 5 percent. The testing capacity has been ramped up with 46.26 crore total tests conducted.</p> <p><strong>ALSO READ |</strong><span style="color: #e03e2d;"><strong>&nbsp;<a style="color: #e03e2d;" href="https://ift.tt/2WyKKRJ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Coronavirus LIVE: Maharashtra To Decide On Allowing Local Train Travel For Fully Vaccinated Citizens</a></strong></span></p> <h3><strong>Coronavirus Cases In States</strong></h3> <p>Maharashtra reported 6,857 new coronavirus infections and 286 fresh fatalities on Wednesday, taking the tally of cases to 62,82,914 and the death toll to 1,32,145, a state health department official said.</p> <p>The state witnessed a rise in new COVID-19 cases and fatalities as compared to Tuesday, when it had reported 6,258 infections and 254 deaths.</p> <p>With 6,105 patients getting discharged from hospitals during the day, the count of recoveries in Maharashtra went up to 60,64,856, leaving the state with 82,545 active cases, the official said.</p> <p>Maharashtra's coronavirus recovery rate now stands at 96.53 percent, while the fatality rate is 2.01 percent.</p> <p>The national capital on Wednesday reported 67 fresh COVID-19 cases and three deaths in the last 24 hours, as per the Delhi Health Department.</p> <p>With this, the total COVID-19 cases in Delhi mounted to 14,36,093 including 573 active cases.</p> <p>The cumulative recoveries escalated to 14,10,471 including 61 fresh recoveries.&nbsp;The death toll in the capital touched 25,049 including the new death. The case fatality rate now stands at 1.74 percent.</p> <p>On the other hand, there seems to be no reduction in the number of daily COVID cases in Kerala as on Wednesday, the figure crossed 20,000 for the second successive day.</p> <p>22,056 people turned positive after 1,96,902 samples were sent for testing in the past 24 hours.&nbsp;On Tuesday, 22,129 people had tested positive.</p> <p>The only solace on Wednesday was that the test positivity rate fell from 12.35 percent on Tuesday to 11.20 percent.</p> <p>Presently, there were 1,49,534 active cases, after 17,761 more recovered, taking the total cured in the state to 31,60,804.</p> <p>Another 131 COVID deaths were reported, taking the death toll to 16,457.</p> <p><em>(With Agency Inputs)</em></p>

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