Coronavirus Omicron in India News Highlights 26 January 2022: Andhra Pradesh reports 13618 new cases, 9 deaths today
Coronavirus Omicron cases in India Live Updates: Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh today news on 26 January 2022
Coronavirus Omicron Live Updates today News on 26 January 2022: Latest news updates of happenings from around the world, with special focus on India, Hyderabad, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh. From daily coronavirus news about the probable third wave, the number of infections, vaccination and night curfew.
Coronavirus in India: India on Wednesday recorded 2,85,914 new Covid-19 cases and 665 deaths in the last 24 hours, a slight increase from yesterday. The active caseload currently stands at 22,23,018.
The daily positivity rate rose marginally to 16.16 per cent while the weekly positivity rate was 17.33%.
With 2,99,073 recoveries in the last 24 hours, the total recoveries rose to 3,73,70,971 taking the recovery rate to 93.23%.
Coronavirus In Andhra Pradesh: Andhra Pradesh reported 13,618 fresh Coronavirus cases taking the total tally to 22,22,573 cases across the state. While coming to fatalities, nine deaths reported in the last 24 hours taking the toll to 14570. On the other hand, as many as 8687 new patients were cured in the last 24 hours taking the total recoveries to 21,01,685 and there are currently 1,06,318 active cases.
According to district-wise data, Visakhapatnam district reported 1791 new infections, followed by Anantapur 1650 and Guntur 1464 while Vizianagaram has logged the least cases with 466 new cases in the last 24 hours.
Coronavirus in Telangana: Telangana on Wednesday reported 3,801 new coronavirus positive cases and one death in the last 24 hours taking the overall cases to 7,47,155 and the falalities to 4,078. On the other hand, around 2,046 people recovered from the virus in a single day pushing the total recovery count to 7,05,054.
At present, around 38,023 people who are infected with the virus are in isolation or undergoing treatment.
Of the new cases, 1,570 cases were reported from the areas under Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), 284 from Rangareddy, 254 from Medchal Malkajgiri, 147 from Hanamkonda, 139 from Khammam, 96 from Siddipet, 88 from Sangareddy, 86 from Mahabubnagar, 79 from Karimnagar, 78 from Bhadradri Kothagudem, 70 from Nalgonda, 67 from Mancherial, 62 from Nizamabad, 59 from Suryapet, 55 from Jagtial and remaining cases from other districts in the state.
48,905 new cases in Karnataka, 39 deaths
Registering a surge in numbers again, Karnataka on Wednesday reported 48,905 new cases of Covid-19 and 39 fatalities, taking the tally to 36,54,413, and death toll to 38,705. The state on Tuesday had reported a dip in daily cases at 41,400. There were 41,699 discharges, taking the total number of recoveries to 32,57,769, a bulletin said.
Gujarat added 14,781 new positive cases, taking the total to 11.07 lakh
The new positive cases in Gujarat include 5,325 in Ahmedabad, 3,8016 in Vadodara, 1,235 in Rajkot and 1,228 in Surat districts. Gujarat in 24 hours vaccinated 52,044 persons for the first dose and 71,166 for the second. In all, 5.09 crore are administered first and 4.49 crore second dose of Covid vaccine.
Mumbai reports 1,858 Covid-19 cases, 13 deaths
Mumbai reported 1,858 new coronavirus infections and 13 deaths on Wednesday, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said in a release. The city has been reporting fewer than 2,000 cases for the last three days. The caseload of the financial capital of the country went up to 10,40,363, while death toll rose to 16,569.
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Coronavirus in Delhi: Delhi reports 7,498 fresh Covid cases, 11,164 recoveries, and 29 deaths in the last 24 hours; positivity rate at 10.59%
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Active cases: 3,00,556
Death toll: 52,281 (77 deaths added to COVID death as per Centre's guidelines)
Coronavirus in Andhra Pradesh: Andhra Pradesh reported 13,618 fresh Coronavirus cases taking the total tally to 22,22,573 cases across the state. While coming to fatalities, nine deaths reported in the last twenty four hours taking the toll to 14570. On the other hand, as many as 8687 new patients were cured in the last twenty four hours taking the total recoveries to 21,01,685 and there are currently 1,06,318 active cases. Read Full Story
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2,99,073 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours in India and the cumulative tally of recovered patients (since the beginning of the pandemic) is now at 3,73,70,971