India records 61,537 new COVID-19 cases, 933 deaths

With India registering 61,537 more cases, coronavirus tally reached 20,88,611 on Saturday, while 14,27,005 people have so far recuperated from COVID-19 pushing recovery rate to 68.32 per cent, Union health ministry said.

death toll due to disease rose to 42,518 with 933 fresh fatalities being reported in a day, data updated at 8 am showed.

re are 6,19,088 active cases of COVID-19, comprising 29.64 per cent of caselo. case fatality rate has furr dropped to 2.04 per cent. This was 10th day in a row that COVID-19 tally increased by more than 50,000.

A total of 5,98,778 samples were tested on Friday, taking total to 2,33,87,171 so far, according to Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).

Of 933 fresh deaths reported, 300 are from Maharashtra, 119 from Tamil Nu, 101 from Karnataka, 89 from Andhra Presh, 63 from Uttar Presh, 52 from West Bengal, 23 in Delhi,  22 from Punjab and Gujarat, 16 from Mhya Presh, 14 each from Uttarakhand and Telangana, 13 from Jammu and Kashmir, 12 from Odisha and 10 each from Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh.

Nine fatalities were reported from Haryana while six each from Bihar, Assam and Jharkhand, five in Kerala and Puducherry, four in Goa, three in Andaman and Nicobar Islands while Nagaland and Tripura have registered one fatality each.

Of total 42,518 deaths, Maharashtra has reported maximum at 17,092, followed by 4,690 in Tamil Nu, 4,082 in Delhi, 2,998 in Karnataka, 2,605 in Gujarat, 1,981 in Uttar Presh, 1,954 in West Bengal, 1,842 in Andhra Presh and 962 in Mhya Presh.

So far, 767 people have died of COVID-19 in Rajasthan, 615 in Telangana, 539 in Punjab, 467 in Haryana, 449 in Jammu and Kashmir, 369 in Bihar, 247 in Odisha, 151 in Jharkhand, 132 in Assam, 112 in Uttarakhand, 102 in Kerala.

Chhattisgarh has registered 87 deaths, Puducherry 75, Goa 70, Tripura 37, Chandigarh 23, Andaman and Nicobar Islands 19, Himachal Presh 14, nine in Lakh and 10 in Manipur, seven in Nagaland, five in Meghalaya, three in Arunachal Presh, Dra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu two and Sikkim one.

Union health ministry stressed that more than 70 per cent of deaths occurred due to comorbidities.

"Our figures are being reconciled with Indian Council of Medical Research," ministry said, ding that state-wise distribution of figures is subject to furr verification and reconciliation. 

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