Karnataka on Sunday reported 301 fresh Covid-19 infections and one fatality, the State Health department said.
The 301 new cases took the as against the 222 on Saturday took the overall virus tally in the state to 39,53,359 while one death pushed the toll to 40,066. The infections include 291 in Bengaluru Urban district, three in Mysuru, and two in Dakshina Kannada. - PTI.
As many as 63 fresh Covid-19 cases were reported in Telangana on Sunday taking that state's total to 7,93,607. Hyderabad reported the highest number of cases with 47, a Health department bulletin said.
As many as 47 people recovered from the infection and the cumulative number of recoveries till date was 7,88,933. The recovery rate stood at 99.41 per cent.
No fresh fatality occurred due to the infectious disease and the death toll continued to be 4,111. The bulletin said 8,392 samples were tested on the day. The number of active cases was 563, it said. - PTI.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday expressed concern over rising number of coronavirus cases in the country and the world, and appealed to people to take adequate steps to curb its spread.
"Covid cases are on the rise in many countries, including the United States of America, Australia, Germany, India. Last day, more than 2,500 cases were reported and 15 people died due to the disease in India. It has been seen that people are no longer serious about the disease," he said in a tweet in Hindi.
Gehlot added that experts have maintained that the infection "will always be with us, so it is very important to be careful". - PTI.
The union territory of Puducherry logged five fresh coronavirus cases during the last 24 hours pushing the overall tally to 1,65,895, a senior official of the Health Department said on Sunday.
The five new infections emerged after the examination of 1,076 samples, Director of Health G Sriramulu said in a release. The number of active cases stood at 41 while two patients recovered to take the overall recoveries to 1,63,892, he said. - PTI.