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Karnataka added 772 new Covid-19 cases and seven deaths, taking the total number of infections to 9,10,241 and the toll to 12,016, the health department said on Monday.
The day also saw 1,261 patients getting discharged after recovery, leaving 14,001 active cases. Bengaluru Urban district continued to account for most of the cases, as it reported 363 infections on Monday.
The Covid-19 death toll in Uttar Pradesh rose to 8,212 on Monday with 16 more fatalities, while 1,018 new cases took the infection tally to 5,75,621, an official statement said.
Of the 16 deaths, five were reported from Lucknow while two fatalities each were reported from Kanpur and Varanasi, it said.
Of the new cases, 190 were reported from Lucknow.
In the past 24 hours, 1,397 Covid-19 patients have recovered from the infection, taking the overall recoveries to 5,50,587, it said.
West Bengal's Covid-19 tally rose to 5,38,343 on Monday as 1,515 more people tested positive for the infection, a health bulletin said.
Forty-one more patients succumbed to the infection, pushing the state's coronavirus death toll to 9,401, it said.
As many as 2,342 more people were cured of the disease, taking the recovery rate among the coronavirus patients in the state to 95.11 per cent, the bulletin said.
The state now has 16,903 active cases, while 5,12,039 people have recovered from the disease so far, it said.
The Tamil Nadu government on Monday banned New Year revelries on beaches, hotels, clubs and resorts on the night of December 31 and January 1, 2021 as part of efforts to prevent the spread of Coronavirus.
There will be no entry to the beaches on these days, and no midnight revelries would be allowed on beach roads, restaurants, hotels, clubs, resorts including beach resorts, and similar places on New years eve and the following day, according to an official statement here.
This order restraining gathering of people in large numbers was passed to minimise the spread of the pandemic.