Coronavirus cases in India cross 52,000 mark — 3,561 new cases in last 24 hours

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Coronavirus cases in India cross 52,000 mark — 3,561 new cases in last 24 hours
Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) volunteers sanitize the city to prevent the spread of coronavirus during lockdown, in Patna.Photo)(
  • Of the total 52,952 cases, 35,902 are active while 15,266 people have recovered.
  • Maharashtra remains the worst-hit state with 16,758 cases, followed by Gujarat which reported 6,625 cases and Delhi with 5,532 cases.
  • As many as 22 more persons including 18 Border Security Force (BSF) troopers, a woman and three children tested coronavirus positive on Wednesday in Tripura.
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With 3,561 new cases and 89 deaths, the coronavirus tally in India crossed the 52,000-mark on Thursday (May 7), according to the Union Health Ministry data.

Of the total 52,952 cases, 35,902 are active while 15,266 people have recovered, and 1,783 are dead.


Maharashtra remains the worst-hit state with the total number of cases rising to 16,758, followed by Gujarat which reported 6,625 cases and Delhi with 5,532 cases, according to the Health Ministry.

There are a total of 4,829 cases reported in Tamil Nadu. Madhya Pradesh has reported 3,138 while Rajasthan has 3,317 cases so far. A total of 2,998 cases have been reported in Uttar Pradesh.

States and UTs which have reported less than 10 cases so far are Arunachal Pradesh, Dadar Nagar Haveli, Manipur, Mizoram, Goa and Puducherry.
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Madhya Pradesh records 89 fresh corona cases

Neemuch, a town from Green Zone in west Madhya Pradesh reported four coronavirus cases to add to the health authorities' woes on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the state recorded 89 fresh corona cases in 24 hours taking the total tally to 3,138.

In the last 24 hours, nine people have died of coronavirus taking the death toll to 185, a health official said. Four deaths were reported in Bhopal, two in Indore and one each in Khandwa, Mandsaur and Burhanpur.

Of total deaths in the state, Indore, the worst-affected district, accounts for 81. It also has 1,681 confirmed cases with 26 new COVID-19 positive persons found since May 6 evening.

Bhopal now has 605 cases, Ujjain 184, Jabalpur 109, Khargone 79, Dhar 76, Raisen 63 and Khandwa 50.

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Coronavirus cases in India cross 52,000 mark — 3,561 new cases in last 24 hours
Children play on the roof of their houses as historic Taj Mahal is seen in the background during a nationwide lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Agra, India, April 23, 2020. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

Record 428 new cases in Delhi; total stands at 5,532

Delhi recorded 428 new coronavirus cases in a day, as the total number of cases in the national capital climbed to 5,532 on Wednesday (May 6), the Health Department said.

With one COVID death in the last 24 hours, the death toll in the national capital reached 65, it said. Among the 65 dead, 56 had other serious diseases.

As many as 74 patients recovered on Wednesday, according to the Delhi health bulletin.

"A total of 1,542 patients have recovered so far in Delhi while 3,925 cases are active," the Health Department said.

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So far, 71,934 tests have been conducted in Delhi.

18 BSF men test positive in Tripura, says CM

As many as 22 more persons including 18 Border Security Force (BSF) troopers, a woman and three children tested coronavirus positive on Wednesday in Tripura, taking the active cases among troopers and their family members in the state to 62, Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb said.

Deb, who also holds the health and home portfolios, said in a late-night tweet on May 6 urged the people not to panic and said the government is working vigilantly.

The officials said that 331 people, comprising 90 doctors and health workers and 241 BSF jawans, were identified for directly or indirectly coming in contact with the infected BSF troopers.

The swab samples of the identified people are being tested in a phased manner, said the officials.
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Tamil Nadu records 771 new infections; death toll rises to 35

As many as 771 persons tested positive for coronavirus in Tamil Nadu over the past 24 hours, and two Covid-19 patients lost their lives taking the total death toll to 35, the Health Department said on Wednesday (May 6).

The state now has 4,829 coronavirus cases.

The Department said 31 Covid-19 patients were discharged from various hospitals, with this 1,516 persons are now cured in the state. A total of 13,413 samples were tested in the past 24 hours.

28 more deaths, 380 new cases in Gujarat

With 380 new coronavirus cases and 28 more deaths on Wednesday (May 6), Gujarat's total positive cases climbed up to 6,625 and death toll to 396. As many as 119 patients were cured and discharged from hospitals across the state on Wednesday.
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Over 300 new corona cases have been registered daily for the last eight days in Gujarat, with Ahmedabad contributing to over 75% of these cases.

On Wednesday (May 6), state capital Ahmedabad reported 291 of the 380 new cases, followed by Surat 31, Vadodara 16, Banaskantha 15, Botad 7, Bhavnagar 6, Gandhinagar 4, Panchmahals, Dahod and Mahisagar 2 each and Anand, Kheda and Sabarkantha one each.

Along with the rising number of positive cases, casualties in Gujarat are also climbing rapidly. As many as 187 lives have been lost to coronavirus in the last eight days.

Here are the latest number of cases across states as per the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare website.

S. No.Name of State / UTTotal Confirmed cases (Including 111 foreign Nationals)Cured/Discharged/Deaths ( more than 70% cases due to comorbidities )
1Andaman and Nicobar Islands33320
2Andhra Pradesh177772936
3Arunachal Pradesh110
4Assam45321
5Bihar5421884
6Chandigarh120211
7Chhattisgarh59360
8Dadar Nagar Haveli100
9Delhi5532154265
10Goa770
11Gujarat66251500396
12Haryana5942607
13Himachal Pradesh45382
14Jammu and Kashmir7753228
15Jharkhand127373
16Karnataka69335429
17Kerala5034694
18Ladakh41170
19Madhya Pradesh31381099185
20Maharashtra167583094651
21Manipur220
22Meghalaya12101
23Mizoram100
24Odisha185612
25Puducherry960
26Punjab151613527
27Rajasthan3317159692
28Tamil Nadu4829151635
29Telengana110762829
30Tripura4320
31Uttarakhand61391
32Uttar Pradesh2998113060
33West Bengal1456364144
Total number of confirmed cases in India52952*152671783


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