New Delhi: After weeks of the declining trend in Covid cases in the country, India has reported a marginal surge. 7,554 fresh cases of Coronavirus were registered in the country in the last 24 hours while 223 people succumbed to the virus on Tuesday.
Yesterday India recorded 6915 cases and 180 deaths. According to the data released by the Union Health Ministry, now the number of active cases in the country has come down to 85,680.
Maharashtra
Maharashtra recorded 675 new coronavirus cases including 104 Omicron infections and five pandemic-related deaths on Tuesday, the health department said.
The state’s COVID-19 caseload rose to 78,66,380, and death toll reached 1,43,706.
On Monday, Maharashtra had reported 407 new cases and four deaths.
Of 104 new Omicron infections, 41 were reported from Pune city, 12 from Sindhudurg district, 14 from Aurangabad, 11 from Mumbai, eight from Jalna and Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation, five from Thane Municipal Corporation, three from Mira Bhayander Municipal Corporation and two from Satara. A total of 4,773 Omicron infections have been found in the state so far. Of them, 4,509 patients have recovered.
As many as 1,225 patients were discharged in the last 24 hours, taking the number of discharged patients to 77,12,568. The number of active cases in the state stands at 6,106.
Mumbai recorded 77 new coronavirus cases while Pune reported 128 cases. Both the cities did not report any deaths.
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu on Tuesday recorded 348 new Covid-19 infections totalling 34,49,721 and two deaths took the tally to 38,006 till date. Five infected people returned from Assam, Bihar and Bangladesh, according to the Department of Health, reported PTI.
Recoveries outnumbered the new cases with 1,025 people getting discharged in the last 24 hours, a bulletin said.
Chennai accounted for the majority of new cases with 92 followed by Coimbatore 51.
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