Coronavirus LIVE Updates: India Logs 2,527 Covid Cases In 24 Hours India COVID-19 LIVE

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: India Logs 2,527 Covid Cases In 24 Hours India COVID-19 LIVE: Delhi government has said that people must wear mask in public places and that those those found in violation of the rule will be fined ₹ 500. Those travelling in private cars, however, do not need to wear mask.

India reported 2,527 new COVID-19 cases today, taking the overall cases so far to 4,30,54,952. The active Coronavirus cases in the country currently stands at 15,079, according to the Union health ministry. 33 new Covid-related deaths increased the total death count to 5,22,149. Delhi reported 1,042 fresh Covid cases yesterday, the highest since February 10, with a positivity rate of 4.64 per cent. Two more people also died due to the infection yesterday, official data said on Friday. Meanwhile, the Delhi government said yesterday that people must wear mask in public places and that those those found in violation of the rule will be fined ₹ 500. Those travelling in private cars, however, do not need to wear mask.

Gujarat on Saturday reported eight COVID-19 cases, comprising seven in Ahmedabad city and one in Vadodara, increasing the state's tally to 12,24,233, while the death toll remained unchanged at 10,943, a health department official said. So far, 12,13,187 persons have been discharged, including three during the day, leaving the active caseload at 103, up from 98 a day earlier.

In a relief to Punjab's transporters whose business suffered due to Covid pandemic, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday allowed them to pay motor vehicle tax without any penalty in the next three months.

Mizoram reported 112 fresh COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, pushing the tally to 2,26,702, a health department official said today. The state did not report any new COVID-19 death for the third consecutive day today and the count remained at 694, he said. The fresh cases were detected out of 858 samples tested with a single-day positivity rate of 13 per cent. Mizoram currently has 672 active COVID-19 cases, while 2,25,336 people have recovered from the disease so far, the official said. The COVID-19 recovery rate is now 99.39 per cent and the death rate is 0.30 per cent. On Friday the northeastern state had reported 91 new COVID-19 cases. A total of 19.15 lakh samples have so far been tested for COVID-19. Over 8.43 lakh people have been inoculated with COVID-19 vaccine till Thursday, according to the health department.