As India’s Covid-19 tally touches 1,038,716, some snapshots of virus testing across country

With 34,884 people testing positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours, India's COVID-19 caseload surged to 10,38,716 while 6,53,750 patients have recovered from the disease so far, according to data by the Union Health Ministry. A health worker at a Covid-19 testing center in New Delhi on Friday.

The death toll due to Covid-19 rose to 26,273 with 671 fatalities reported in a day, the updated data on Saturday showed. Healthcare staff collecting throat and swab samples for Covid-19 tests from residents of Upendra Nagar, Dadar west.

At present, there are 3,58,692 active cases in the country, while 6,53,750 people have recovered so far and one has migrated.

This is the third consecutive day when the number of Covid-19 cases increased by more than 30,000. A medic collects sample for Covid-19 tests, during Unlock 2.0 at Majnu ka Tila in New Delhi.

Of the 671 deaths reported in the last 24 hours, 258 are from Maharashtra, 115 from Karnataka, 79 from Tamil Nadu, 42 from Andhra Pradesh, 38 from Uttar Pradesh, 26 each from West Bengal and Delhi, 17 from Gujarat, nine each from Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab, and eight each from Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. Here, healthcare staff collecting throat and swab samples for Covid-19 tests from residents of Upendra Nagar, Dadar West.

Telangana has reported seven fatalities followed by Haryana with five deaths, Jharkhand, Bihar and Odisha reported four each, Assam and Puducherry have registered three each, Chhattisgarh and Goa reported two each while Kerala and Uttarakhand have registered a fatality each. A health worker collects sample of a man for Covid-19 test at an MCD school, Ajmeri Gate in New Delhi.

Of the total 26,273 deaths reported so far, Maharashtra accounted for the highest 11,452 fatalities followed by Delhi with 3,571 deaths, Tamil Nadu 2,315, Gujarat 2,106, Karnataka 1,147, Uttar Pradesh 1,084, West Bengal 1,049, Madhya Pradesh 697 and Rajasthan 546. Here, medical staff wearing a PPE kit, takes swab samples of corona suspects at a Covid testing center at Swami Parmanand Prakritik Chikitsa Kendra in West Vinod Nagar, in New Delhi.

So far 534 people have died of Covid-19 in Andhra Pradesh, 403 in Telangana, 327 in Haryana, 239 in Punjab, 231 in Jammu and Kashmir, 201 in Bihar, 83 in Odisha, 51 in Uttarakhand and Assam each, 46 in Jharkhand and 38 in Kerala.

Puducherry has registered 25 deaths, Chhattisgarh 23, Goa 21, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh 11 each, Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura three each, Meghalaya and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu two each while Ladakh has reported one fatality. The Health Ministry stressed that more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities.