The daily rise in new coronavirus infections were recorded above 18,000 for the second consecutive day taking India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases to 1,12,10,799, the Union Health Ministry said on Sunday.
The active cases registered an increase for the fifth consecutive day and the COVID-19 active caseload increased to 1,84,523 which now comprises 1.65 per cent of the total infections.
For the fifth time in a week, Mumbai city reported a spike in Covid-19 cases, with over 1000 people testing positive for the virus amid rising concerns. In fact, on Sunday, the city reported the highest number of cases in months with nearly 1,400 people testing positive for the virus. Five people also succumbed to the virus, taking the overall toll to 11,500. Whereas, 1020 people recovered in the last 24 hours. The active cases stand at 10,731. In Mumbai division, Thane city, Kalyan, Dombivali, Bhiwandi, Mira Bhayander, Palghar, Vasai, Virar and Raigad did not report a single COVID-19 fatality during the day.
Karnataka recorded 622 fresh coronavirus infections and three related deaths, taking the total caseload and toll to 9.55 lakh and 12,362 respectively, on Sunday. According to the health bulletin, so far 9,35,772 people have been discharged cumulatively including 351 yesterday. There were 6,862 active cases in the state which includes 115 in the ICU, the health department said.
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