New Delhi: Almost 28,204 people tested positive for covid-19, which gets added to the total number of positive cases of 3,19,98,158, while the death toll inclined to 4,28,309 with 373 fresh fatalities in India , according to the Union Health Ministry.
“The recovery rate has been increased to 97.45 percent, which is highest ever recovery rate achieved,” said the ministry.
The death toll has inclined to 4,28,682 with 373 fatalities, showed the data. The active cases comprise 1.21 percent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020, said the ministry.
A decrese in 13,680 cases has been reported in the active covid-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
A total of 48,32,78,545 samples tested up to 9th August, of which, 15,11,313 samples were tested yesterday, according to the Indian Council of Medical Research. More than 52.56 crore covid 19 vaccine doses have been provided across satates and union territories.
Karnataka on reported 1,186 new cases of Covid-19 and 24 deaths, taking the total number of the infected to 29,19,711 and the fatalities to 36,817 till date, said the Department of Health.
“The day saw 1,776 discharges and the number of recoveries so far is 28,59,552,” the department said.
Out of 1,186 new cases reported today, 296 were from Bengaluru Urban which saw 410 getting discharged and one dying of the infection.
The Health Minister of Karnataka, Dr. K Sudhakar has clarified that “there will no state wise lockdown after CM Basavaraj Bommai announce a weekend curfew.” In an interview Sudhakar said that, “there was no question of imposing a state-wise lockdown.” He added that “curbs have been enforced in districts bordering Maharashtra and Kerala.”
He made the statement as Bengaluru witnesses an increasing number of admissions in hospital for covid-19, while the positivity rate has improvised.
“156 patients were admitted in government quota beds across the city for the week ending August 7. The August 7 tally indicated a surge that the previous days where the admission was 127. Covid-19 cases in Bengaluru had increased this month on a week-on-week basis for the first time in more than two months” said a report of The News Minute.
Several states and union territories have announced the reopening of schools for offline classes, as the covid cases are decresing .
