He was on a three-week global listening tour that began in Africa before progressing to Europe, Latin America, and Asia. Banga's New Delhi visit (March 23 and March 24) was the final stop
Delhi recorded two deaths on August 1, three on August 2, five on August 3, four on August 4, two on August 5, one on August 6, two on August 7, six on August 8 and seven on August 9, the data showed.
The positivity rate stood at 0.9 per cent and the recovery count increased by 62 to touch 10,32,739, leaving the state with 481 active cases, the official added.
Health Ministry urged all states and Union territories to ramp up the whole genome sequencing of positive samples to keep track of newer variants
The total number of active cases in the hilly state stands at 319. With the recovery of 10 more patients from the disease, the official said, the number of recoveries has reached 2,81,282.
The COVID-19 death toll remained at 129. The union territory had reported five COVID-19 cases on Thursday, the official added.
There are 32 active cases in the Union Territory at present, it said. In the last 24 hours, one person recovered from the disease, following which the total recoveries rose to 10,379.
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Among the 38 districts in the State, Chennai topped the table with 497 cases while neighbouring Chengalpattu reported 190 cases and Coimbatore saw 50 cases.
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Puducherry reported no new COVID-19 cases and fatalities during the last 24 hours ending 10 AM on Sunday.