Coronavirus News Live: India’s Covid-19 tally crosses 8k mark for second day with 8,582 fresh infections; active cases at 44,513

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    Coronavirus Cases in India Live updates (12 June 2022): India reported 8,582 new Covid-19 cases, and four deaths, according to data released by the Union Health Ministry at 8 am Sunday. As many as 4,435 patients recovered from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, leaving 44,513 active infections across the country.ADVERTISEMENTWith 1,745 new Covid-19 cases recorded on Saturday, the count of active patients rose to over 10,000 in Mumbai. The state, meanwhile, recorded 2,922 cases and one death. A day after recording nearly 2,000 new cases, the daily caseload in Mumbai declined slightly on Saturday. This can be attributed to the drop in testing from 15,346 conducted on Friday to 14,227 tests on Saturday, said officials. The test positivity rate (TPR) — the number of positive cases out of the total tests conducted — increased to 12.26 per cent within the last 24 hours.In a separate development, China’s capital Beijing is facing an “explosive” Covid-19 outbreak connected to a bar, a government spokesman warned on Saturday, as the commercial hub of Shanghai began mass testing to contain a jump in cases tied to a popular beauty salon.