COVID-19 LIVE: India's Coronavirus tally climbs to 36,91,166

19:26 September 01

Chennai Super Kings contingent members test negative for COVID-19

All contingent members of Chennai Super Kings are tested negative for COVID-19, except the 13 who tested positive.

19:24 September 01

9058 new coronavirus cases in Karnataka, 135 deaths

As many as 9058 new coronavirus positive cases, 5159 discharges and 135 deaths reported in Karnataka on Tuesday. The total number of cases now at 351481 including 254626 discharges, 90999 active cases and 5837 deaths in the state.

 

19:20 September 01

Total 2312 new COVID-19 cases recorded in Delhi, tally reaches to 177060

Delhi reports 2312 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total number cases to 177060 including 156728 recovered/discharged/migrated cases. Besides, 18 deaths have been recorded, the tally rose to 4462 deaths.

19:15 September 01

Tamil Nadu reports 5,928 new COVID-19 cases, tally 4,33,969

Tamil Nadu reported 5,928 new COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 4,33,969 including 52,379 active cases, 3,74,172 discharges and 96 fresh deaths have been recorded rising the toll to 7,418 in the state.

19:13 September 01

1,140 new COVID-19 cases in Kerala, active cases 22,512

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said Kerala recorded 1,140 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking active cases to 22,512 and recoveries to 53,653.

19:10 September 01

525 new COVID-19 cases reported in Jammu and Kashmir, taking the tally to 38,223

Another 525 COVID-19 cases reported in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday. Among them, 241 from Jammu division and 284 from Kashmir division. A total number of cases now at 38,223 including 8,022 active cases, 29,484 recoveries and 717 deaths.

19:01 September 01

MoHFW informs India registers 65,081 recoveries in last 24 hours, recovery rate at 77%

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) informed that India registered 65,081 recoveries in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative number of recovered patients to 28,39,882 and the recovery rate among COVID-19 patients to further high of 77 per cent.

The number of recovered patients has overtaken the active cases by 3.61 times, the Ministry said.

Meanwhile, India's COVID-19 case tally has reached 36,91,167 including 7,85,996 active cases, 28,39,883 cured/discharged/migrated and 65,288 deaths.

17:47 September 01

Uttar Pradesh records 56 more COVID-19 deaths, toll reaches to 3,542

Fifty-six more people died of coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday, raising the toll to 3,542, while 5,571 fresh cases pushed the state's infection count to 2,35,757, an official said.

17:38 September 01

Karnataka Rural Development minister tests COVID-19 positive

Karnataka Rural Development minister tests COVID-19 positive

KS Eshwarappa, Karnataka Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister tests positive for coronavirus.

16:26 September 01

Karnataka Minister Jolle tests positive for coronavirus

Karnataka Women and Child Development Minister Shashikala Jolle has tested positive for coronavirus. 

Jolle said, "I have been confirmed Covid positive. I am under home quarantine for 14 days. I request all my primary and secondary contacts to undergo testing and quarantine".

 

14:43 September 01

Tripura records 509 fresh cases push COVID-19 tally to 12,156

Tripura registered its highest single-day spike in COVID-19 cases as 509 more people tested positive for the infection, taking the tally to 12,156. Besides, 10 fresh fatalities have been registered, pushed the northeastern state's coronavirus death toll to 113.
 

11:15 September 01

78 fresh cases push Arunachal's COVID-19 tally to 4,112

Itanagar: Seventy-eight more people, including 18 security personnel, have tested positive for COVID-19 in Arunachal Pradesh, taking the state's caseload to
4,112 on Tuesday, a senior health official said.

The Capital Complex region reported the highest number of fresh infections at 22, followed by West Kameng district (nine), Changlang (eight) and Tawang (seven), he said, adding new cases were registered in 13 other districts.

"Thirteen paramilitary personnel, three Army jawans and two policemen, besides seven employees of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), are among the new patients," State Surveillance Officer, Dr L Jampa, said.

11:14 September 01

12 more succumb to COVID-19 in Pondy, 363 fresh cases reported

Puducherry: Puducherry on Tuesday registered 12 deaths, including two women, due to COVID-19, pushing up the toll in the union territory to 240.

Director of Health and Family Welfare S Mohan Kumar said in a release that eight men and two women patients died of the viral infection in hospitals in Puducherry and Yanam regions.

With 363 new cases being reported at the end of examination of 1,323 samples, the overall coronavirus hit patients were 14,766 after transferring eight cases to Tamil Nadu, the Director said.

He said 341 patients recovered and were discharged during the last 24 hours.

11:06 September 01

Tripura government launches COVID-19 testing drive in Agartala

Agartala:The Tripura government has launched a special COVID-19 testing drive at various municipal wards in Agartala as the COVID-19 random testing Positivity Rate in the state capital reached 21 per cent.

A per Dr Debashish Das, Chief Medical Officer of the West Tripura district, compared to the month of March and April, the coronavirus was spreading very fast in Tripura, and out of the total positive cases, two-thirds are from the West Tripura district with a majority from the Agartala Municipal area.

10:18 September 01

2,734 new coronavirus cases in Telangana; 9 more deaths

Hyderabad: Telangana posted 2,734 new COVID-19 cases and 9 related fatalities, taking the tally of those infected by the virus in the state to 1.27 lakh.

Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) accounted for the most number of cases with 347, followed by Rangareddy 212, Nalgonda 191, Khammam 161 and Medchal Malkajgiri 121 districts, a government bulletin said on Tuesday, providing data as of 8 pm on August 31.

As many as 58,264 samples were tested on August 31.

Cumulatively, 14.23 lakh samples have been tested till date. The samples tested per million population was 38,351, the bulletin said.

With nine more deaths, the toll rose to 836.

09:47 September 01

COVID-19 LIVE: India's tally climbs to 36,91,166

New Delhi: With 69,921 people testing positive for coronavirus infection, India'sCOVID-19 tally mounted to36,91,166, while recoveries surged to 28,39,882 on Tuesday pushing the recovery rate to 76.94 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data.

The death toll climbed to 65,288 with819 new fatalities being reported in a span of24 hours, the data updated at 8 am showed.

The COVID-19 case fatality rate has further declined to 1.77 per cent.

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There are 7,85,996 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which comprises 21.29 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.

India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7 and went past 30 lakh on August 23.

According to the ICMR, a cumulative total of 4,33,24,834 samples have been tested up to August 31 with 10,16,920 samples being tested on Monday.

(PTI)