COVID-19 LIVE: No new death was reported and the death count stood at 5,30,696.
New Delhi:
India reported 188 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, showed government data on Wednesday morning. No new death was reported and the death count stood at 5,30,696. There are 3,468 active cases in the country. Authorities are currently on alert due to a rise in cases in China and elsewhere. Hospitals across the country conducted a drill on Tuesday to assess their preparedness to tackle any such spike in cases here.
Here are the LIVE updates on the Covid situation in India:
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Covid Live: Tamil Nadu Woman, 6-Year-Old Daughter Test Positive After China Return
A woman and her six-year-old daughter, who returned from China via Colombo, tested positive for COVID-19 at the Madurai airport in Tamil Nadu, a senior health official said today. The woman, hailing from Virudhunagar, and her daughter were subjected to RT-PCR test at the airport when they landed on Tuesday and the results turned positive for coronavirus, the official said. Both are under home isolation in Virudhunagar. Their samples would be sent to the state lab for whole genomic sequencing.
India logged 188 new coronavirus infections, while the active cases increased to 3,468, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated today. The Covid case tally was recorded at 4.46 crore (4,46,77,647). The death count stands at 5,30,696, the data updated at 8 am stated. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.14%, while weekly positivity was pegged at 0.18%, the ministry said. It said 1,34,995 tests for detection of Covid have been conducted in the last 24 hours.
Covid Live: Bihar Sees Covid Spike, Gaya Now Has 12 Active Cases
Bihar has witnessed a more than 10-fold rise in active COVID-19 cases, since last weekend, according to figures released by the state health department. The state, which had zero active case till Sunday, now has 14, with Gaya accounting for 12 of these. Notably, Gaya is witnessing an influx of pilgrims from abroad who are heading for Bodh Gaya, less than 20 km away, to attend the discourses of the Dalai Lama. The Tibetan spiritual leader is in Bihar after a gap of two years. On Monday, the international Buddhist pilgrimage centre had reported five COVID-19 cases, all of them foreign nationals. In addition, one person each has tested positive for coronavirus in Darbhanga and Patna.
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