DW BUREAU / Chandigarh Punjab on Wednesday reported one 37 fresh cases of coronavirus and one Covid-related death, taking the number of infections and fatalities to 6,00,378 and 16,358 respectively, according to a medical bulletin. The latest death was reported from Sangrur. The toll includes two deaths, which were not reported earlier. The number of active cases dropped to 401 from 423 on Tuesday, the bulletin said. Of the fresh cases, Mohali reported seven, followed by six each in Amritsar and Pathankot. With 55 recoveries from the infection, the number of cured persons reached 5,83,619, as per the bulletin. Chandigarh reported two cases of COVID-19, taking the total count to 65,071. The toll figure stood at 812 in the union territory. The number of active cases in the city was 36 while the number of cured persons was 64,223. India logged 37,593 new coronavirus infections, while the active cases increased marginally to 3,22,327, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The total tally of COVID-19 cases increased to 3,25,12,366 and the death toll climbed to 4,35,758 with 648 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am. The active cases comprise 0.99 per cent of the total infections. The national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 97.67 per cent, the ministry said. An increase of 2,776 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. As many as 17,92,755 tests were conducted on Tuesday taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of COVID-19 in the country to 51,11,84,547. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.10 per cent. It has been less than three per cent for the last 30 days. The weekly positivity rate was recorded at 1.92 per cent. It has been below three per cent for the last 61 days, according to the ministry. (editor@dailyworld.in)