Nagaland NewsState logs 63 fresh cases, 2 Covid deaths

State logs 63 fresh cases, 2 Covid deaths

Nagaland on Friday recorded 63 fresh Covid-19 positive cases while two more patients succumbed to the virus.

Of the fresh cases, 24 were from Dimapur, Kohima-14, Mokokchung-10, five in Longleng, three each in Phek and Zunheboto, two in Kiphire and one each in Mon and Peren, taking the total caseload to 29841.

Further, two more patients succumbed to the virus in Dimapur, pushing the death toll to 614 (including 14 non-Covid deaths).

PTI: With 44,658 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases has increased to 3,26,03,188, while the active cases  rose to 3,44,899, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday.

The death toll climbed to 4,36,861 with 496 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am.

The active cases comprise 1.03 per cent of the total infections while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 97.63 per cent, the ministry said.

An increase of 11,174 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.

As many as 18,24,931 tests were conducted on Thursday taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of COVID-19 in the country to 51,49,54,309. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.45 per cent. It has been less than three per cent for the last 32 days.

The weekly positivity rate was recorded at 2.10 per cent. It has been below three per cent for the last 63 days, according to the ministry.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 3,18,21,428 and the case fatality rate stands at 1.34 per cent, the data stated.

Cumulatively, 61.22 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered under the nationwide vaccination drive till Friday morning.

Over 1 cr vaccinated  in a single day in India
India on Friday administered a record one crore vaccine doses, the highest single day tally achieved since the roll out of the Covid-19 immunisation drive. As per the provisional data, the country reported 1,00,64,032 vaccinations on Friday, and crossed 62 crore cumulative vaccinations.
Uttar Pradesh reported the maximum vaccinations– 28.62 lakh while four states reported over five lakh vaccinations: Karnataka (10.79 lakh); Maharashtra (9.84 lakh); Haryana (6 lakh); and West Bengal (5.47 lakh).

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