India Reports Over 80K New Covid Cases; Decline In Fatalities, 3303 Deaths In Last 24 Hrs

Coronavirus Update: India reports 80,834 new COVID 19 cases, 1,32,062 patient discharges, and 3,303 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per Union Health Ministry.

Total cases: 2,94,39,989

Total discharges: 2,80,43,446

Death toll: 3,70,384

Active cases: 10,26,159

Total vaccination: 25,31,95,048

For the third time this week, Maharashtras daily Covid deaths remained in the higher ranges, as the fatalities in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) crossed the 30,000-mark though new infections dropped, health officials said here on Saturday.

Compared to the peak of 2,619 deaths declared on Friday, the state on Saturday reported its second highest toll of 1,966 fatalities, comprising 360 new deaths and 1,606 earlier deaths, which mounted Maharashtra’s overall death toll to 108,333, the worst in the country for a single state.

The number of fresh cases continued to remain below the 15,000-level at 10,697 on Saturday, taking the state’s tally to 58,98,550 till date.

As further evidence of breaking the chain, with 21,614 patients discharged, recoveries were more than 9,785 new Covid cases in a day across Karnataka, said the state health bulletin on Saturday.

“With 21,614 patients discharged across the state during the day, recoveries shot up to 25,32,719, while 9,785 new cases registered on Friday increased the state’s Covid tally to 27,57,324, including 1,91,796 active cases,” said the bulletin.