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COVID-19 Updates: Bihar extends lockdown till May 25

Malini T
·2-min read
PATNA, INDIA - MAY 11: Police personnel stopping every vehicles at Kargil Chowk amid total lockdown imposed to curb the spread of Covid-19 on May 11, 2021 in Patna, India. The number of new Covid-19 cases continued to fall on the fourth consecutive day as only 10,174 people tested positive in the state in the past 24 hours on Monday. As per the official data, 10,01,12 samples were tested, taking the positivity rate down to 10.11%.(Photo by Santosh Kumar/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

India added 3,62,727 new coronavirus infections in a day taking the COVID-19 tally of cases to 2,37,03,665, while the death toll rose to 2,58,317 with 4,120 daily fatalities. As the COVID wave gradually shifts to rural areas, several states are gearing up to check its spread through self-proclaimed lockdowns by Panchayati Raj institutions, creating a database of migrants and providing free online medical consultation to the sick.

The active cases have increased to 37,10,525 comprising 15.65 per cent of the total infections, according to the Union Health Ministry data on Thursday.

The national COVID-19 recovery rate has improved to 83.26 per cent, the data updated at 8 am showed. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,97,34,823 while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.09 per cent, the data stated.

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The 4,120 new fatalities include 816 from Maharashtra, 516 from Karnataka, 326 from Uttar Pradesh, 300 from Delhi, 293 from Tamil Nadu, 193 from Punjab, 165 from Haryana, 164 from Rajasthan, 153 from Chhattisgarh, 135 from West Bengal, 109 from Uttarakhand and 102 from Gujarat.

A total of 2,58,317 deaths have been reported so far in the country including 78,007 from Maharashtra, 20,368 from Karnataka, 20,310 from Delhi, 16,471 from Tamil Nadu, 16,369 from Uttar Pradesh, 12,728 from West Bengal, 11,111 from Punjab and 11,094, from Chhattisgarh.

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

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