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Great News! No Covid-19 death reported in Mumbai

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Mumbai on Thursday recorded 64 new coronavirus positive cases, which took its overall infection tally to 10,57,134, a civic official said.

As the metropolis did not report any COVID-19 death during the day, the fatality count remained unchanged at 16,692. This is for the fourth day in a row that the city did not witness any pandemic-related death, he said.

So far, 10,37,154 people or 98 per cent of the total caseload, have been discharged post-recovery, including 80 on Thursday.

Mumbai’s active case count is 405 now. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation data showed that 13,780 samples were examined in the last 24 hours, which took the cumulative test figure to 1,63,43,940.

The city does not have any sealed building or containment zone at present, it said.

Four COVID-19 deaths were reported in state, taking the total number of fatalities to 1,43,749.

As per the data, 494 patients were discharged in the past 24 hours, taking the tally to 77,19,594. The recovery rate in the state is 98.09 per cent , while the case fatality rate in the state is 1.82 per cent .

Meanwhile, Maharashtra on Thursday, March 10, recorded 452 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the number of active cases to 2,963. Besides, 4 COVID-19 deaths were reported in the day, taking the number of total fatalities to 1,43,749.

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Covid toll in Karnataka is a worrying sign for state government

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Even though Karnataka recorded the lowest number of Covid deaths in April since the virus struck first in 2020, the state is recording a rise in the positivity rate (1.50 per cent). Five people died from the Covid infections in April as per the statistics released by the state health department. In March, the positivity rate stood around 0.53 per cent. In the first week of April it came down to 0.38 per cent, second week registered 0.56 per cent, third week it rose to 0.79 per cent and by end of April the Covid positivity rate touched 1.19 per cent.

on an average 500 persons used to succumb everyday in the peak of Covid infection, as per the data. Health experts said that the mutated Coronavirus is losing its fierce characteristics as vaccination, better treatment facilities and awareness among the people have contributed to the lesser number of Covid deaths.

During the 4th and 6th of April two deaths were reported in Bengaluru, one in Gadag district on April 8, two deaths were reported from Belagavi and Vijayapura on April 30. The first Covid case was reported in the state in March 2020 and three Covid deaths were recorded in the month. In the following month 21 people became victims to the deadly virus, and May 2020 recorded 22 deaths. The death toll recorded everyday after May crossed three digits. However, the third wave, which started in January 2

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