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New Delhi : Maharashtra’s COVID-19 tally on December 10, 2020, reached 18,68,172 with the addition of 3,824 cases. Mumbai in the last 24 hours registered 798 new cases of Covid 19, taking the total tally of infected people to 2,88,696. The city has also witnessed 13 deaths which take the total death toll to nearly 11,000. There are currently 11,943 active patients undergoing treatment at various hospitals.
Gujarat: Gujarat recorded 1,270 new Corona cases during the last 24 hours. Maximum 278 new cases reported from Ahmedabad while Surat recorded 196 new cases. At present total active cases in the state are 13,820, of which 72 patients are on ventilator. 12 patients died on December 10, 2020, taking the total deaths due to Covid19 up to 4,135. Meanwhile, Ahmedabad Municipal corporation has added two new areas in the micro containment zone including one old age home following detection of new cases.
Rajasthan: In Rajasthan, new COVID cases are declining. The number of active cases has come down to 19 thousand. The number of new cases has come down in Jaipur and Jodhpur cities too. In the first ten days of this month, around 19,000 new cases of infection have been reported in the state, while the number of people recovered was close to 28,500.
During this period, there were on average 500 new cases reported daily in the capital Jaipur, while the number of new infections in Jodhpur was average 225. The number of new infections is decreasing rapidly in other districts also. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has instructed officials to increase the scope of investigation for effective prevention of infection in the state.
Madhya Pradesh: Madhya Pradesh on December 10, 2020, recorded 1,319 new COVID-19 cases, taking the count of infections in the state to 2,19,893. With seven more people succumbing to the viral infection, the death toll reached 3,373. A total of 1,307 patients were discharged from hospitals taking the overall recovery count to 2,03,294.
Of 1,319 new cases, Indore accounted for 456 and Bhopal 296. The number of cases in Indore district rose to 47,427 including 799 deaths, while Bhopal’s case tally stood at 35,137 with 537 fatalities. Indore now has 5,175 active cases while this figure for Bhopal is 3,143, according to a PIB release.