India reports 1,150 new COVID pandemic cases with 4 fatalities in single day

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India reports 1,150 new COVID pandemic cases with 4 fatalities in single day.

Highlights

Total active cases of COVID in India have rose to 11,558 today
The total death toll in the country is now at 5,21,751
India saw a total of 954 discharges in the last 24 hours

COVID-19 India News Updates: India recorded 1,150 new cases of the novel coronavirus, along with four deaths due to the infection in the past 24 hours. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Sunday (April 17), the country saw a total of 954 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery rate at around 98.76 per cent and total recoveries data reached to 4,25,08,788.

The total active cases of COVID-19 in India have rose to 11,558 (0.03%) the ministry data showed today.

The total death toll in the country is now at 5,21,751. In India, the first death due to the COVID pandemic was reported in March 2020.

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According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 83,18,43,406 samples have been tested up to April 16 for COVID-19. Of these 3,65,118 samples were tested on Saturday.

Meanwhile, after several reports of students getting affected from Covid after schools reopened, health experts are insisting that there is absolutely no need to panic since most cases have mild illnesses and most of them recover with just symptomatic treatment. The experts, however, stressed that children, who are eligible to get vaccinated against Covid, must get the jab.

The health experts said consistent and appropriate use of masks, implementation of a standard protocol for sanitisation and hand washing are the key pillars of Covid-appropriate behaviour.

"There is no need to panic as data from past waves have clearly shown that children, even if they contract COVID-19, have mild illness and recover spontaneously with just symptomatic treatment," AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria told.

Therefore, eligible children should take the vaccine. But then even those who have not been vaccinated should not panic as chances of them getting a severe infection is very low, he said.

S. No.	Name of State / UT	Active Cases*		Cured/Discharged/Migrated*		Deaths**
		Total	Change since yesterday	Cumulative	Change since yesterday	Cumulative	Change since yesterday
		Total	Change since yesterday	Cumulative	Change since yesterday	Cumulative	Death During Day (a)	Death Reconciled (b)	Total (a+b)
1	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	0		9905		129
2	Andhra Pradesh	38	3	2304872	7	14730
3	Arunachal Pradesh	8		64191		296
4	Assam	1351		716210		6639
5	Bihar	8		818237	2	12256
6	Chandigarh	22	1	90774	2	1165
7	Chhattisgarh	16	3	1138167	3	14034
8	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	0		11437		4
9	Delhi	1262	190	1840611	269	26160	2		2
10	Goa	19	1	241506	2	3832
11	Gujarat	126	28	1213074	32	10942
12	Haryana	835	90	975352	112	10618
13	Himachal Pradesh	53	12	280494	3	4134
14	Jammu and Kashmir	71		449107	8	4751	1		1
15	Jharkhand	9	4	429851		5315
16	Karnataka	1483		3904775	45	40057
17	Kerala***	2982		6465037		68402
18	Ladakh	8		28003		228
19	Lakshadweep	0		11350		52
20	Madhya Pradesh	47	4	1030461	9	10735
21	Maharashtra	626	55	7727265	153	147827
22	Manipur	51	2	135019	3	2120
23	Meghalaya	4		92189		1593
24	Mizoram	554	15	224865	110	692	1		1
25	Nagaland	8		34720		759
26	Odisha	148	26	1278641	36	9123
27	Puducherry	3		163812		1962
28	Punjab	55	2	741450	7	17743
29	Rajasthan	97	12	1273533	20	9552
30	Sikkim	3		38692		452
31	Tamil Nadu	225	3	3414983	26	38025
32	Telangana	222	2	787286	22	4111
33	Tripura	0		99956		922
34	Uttarakhand	389	11	429233	12	7692
35	Uttar Pradesh	507	65	2047480	37	23499
36	West Bengal	328	21	1996250	34	21200
Total#		11558	192	42508788	954	521751	4		4
*** Kerala data as on 13th April 2022
*(Including foreign Nationals)
**( more than 70% cases due to comorbidities )