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India's active Covid cases below 4 lakh, overall tally nears 97 lakh-mark

India detected 32,981 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of active coronavirus cases in the country to 3,96,729, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed on Monday. India's total active caseload has dropped below 4.10 lakh (4,09,689) today. This is the lowest after 136 days. The total active cases were 4,11,133, on July 22.

India records nearly 33,000 new Covid cases, 391 deaths; tally over 96.77 lakh Image Source : APIndia records nearly 33,000 new Covid cases, 391 deaths; tally over 96.77 lakh

India detected 32,981 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of active coronavirus cases in the country to 3,96,729, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed on Monday. With 39,109 new recoveries, the number of overall recovered COVID-19 patients stand at 91,39,901, pushing the recovery rate to 94.37 per cent today.

The overall COVID-19 cases reached 96,77,203, including 3,96,729 active cases and 91,39,901 recoveries. With 391 new deaths, the cumulative toll mounted to 1,40,573.

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India's active Covid-19 cases below 4 lakh

  • Active cases below 4 lakh after falling for 10 straight days
  • Active cases fall by 6,519 to lowest level since July 20
  • Last 24 hours saw testing of 8.01 lakh vs previous day’s 11.01 lakh
  • Single-day testing of 8.01 lakh is at lowest level in 15 days
  • Rise in deaths over last 24 hours below 400 for 1st time since June; they’re at 391
  • Additions to total cases less than recoveries for 10th straight day
  • Last 24 hours saw an addition of 32,981 vs recoveries of 39,109
  • Recovery rate near 94%, it’s at 94.45% vs yesterday’s 94.37%
  • Death rate remains at 1.45% for 8th consecutive day
  • Total cases at 96.77 lakh, active 3.96 lakh, recoveries 91.39 lakh and deaths 1.40 lakh
 

Coronavirus cases in India 

S. No.

Name of State / UT

Active Cases*

Cured/Discharged/Migrated*

Deaths**

Total

Change since yesterday

Cumulative

Change since yesterday

Cumulative

Change since yesterday

1

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

73

4624

61

 

2

Andhra Pradesh

5910

256 

859029

914 

7033

3

Arunachal Pradesh

735

13 

15605

24 

55

 

4

Assam

3552

209214

84 

993

5

Bihar

5563

67 

231248

618 

1295

6

Chandigarh

922

39 

16814

60 

291

7

Chhattisgarh

20048

515 

223772

702 

2989

12 

8

Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

14

3326

 

2

 

9

Delhi

24693

1985 

557914

4622 

9643

69 

10

Goa

1364

20 

46624

131 

698

11

Gujarat

14695

47 

200012

1485 

4081

17 

12

Haryana

12897

413 

228411

1887 

2588

24 

13

Himachal Pradesh

8269

22 

35957

520 

732

11 

14

Jammu and Kashmir

5170

161 

106372

366 

1746

15

Jharkhand

1796

49 

107496

134 

986

16

Karnataka

25400

422 

855750

889 

11856

10 

17

Kerala

61063

468 

572911

5217 

2418

28 

18

Ladakh

856

28 

7917

81 

120

 

19

Madhya Pradesh

13391

141 

197777

1585 

3337

11 

20

Maharashtra

81162

2769 

1723370

7486 

47734

40 

21

Manipur

2919

16 

22848

193 

306

22

Meghalaya

664

10 

11453

61 

120

23

Mizoram

202

18 

3728

20 

6

 

24

Nagaland

547

33 

10766

66

25

Odisha

3585

183 

315840

570 

1771

26

Puducherry

372

47 

36238

62 

614

 

27

Punjab

7896

169 

143414

623 

4916

10 

28

Rajasthan

22427

749 

255729

2818 

2429

20 

29

Sikkim

387

20 

4695

115

 

30

Tamil Nadu

10688

194 

767759

1498 

11793

16 

31

Telengana

7778

347 

264606

862 

1474

32

Tripura

414

37 

32110

42 

373

33

Uttarakhand

5223

47 

71489

373 

1285

34

Uttar Pradesh

22160

85 

524860

1993 

7924

24 

35

West Bengal

23894

70 

470223

3167 

8723

46 

Total#

396729

6519 

9139901

39109 

140573

391 

*(Including foreign Nationals)

**( more than 70% cases due to comorbidities )

#States wise distribution is subject to further verification and reconciliation

#Our figures are being reconciled with ICMR

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