COVID-19: India reports 20,557 new cases, 44 deaths in past 24 hours

covid19 cases in India — Image Source : PTI FILE - A healthcare worker takes a swab sample from a man for Covid-19 testing, in Jammu

Highlights

The active cases comprise 0.33 per cent of the total infection
The national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.47 per cent
An increase of 1,297 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours

COVID-19: With 20,557 fresh cases reported in a day, India's COVID-19 active cases reached 1,46,323, the Union health ministry said on Thursday.

The death toll due to the viral disease has gone up to 5,26,211 with 44 more fatalities, according to the ministry's data updated at 8 am.

The daily positivity rate was recorded at 4.31 per cent and the weekly positivity rate at 4.57 per cent, according to the data..

According to the ministry, 2,03,21,82,347 vaccine doses have so far been administered under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive.

India's COVID-19 case tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 2020, 40 lakh on September 5, 2020, 50 lakh on September 16, 2020, 60 lakh on September 28, 2020, 70 lakh on October 11, 2020, 80 lakh on October 29, 2020, 90 lakh on November 20, 2020 and the one-crore mark on December 19, 2020.

The country crossed the grim milestone of two crore Covid cases on May 4, 2021, the three-crore mark on June 23, 2021 and four crore cases on January 25 this year.

The health ministry stressed that more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities.

"Our figures are being reconciled with the Indian Council of Medical Research," the ministry said on its website, adding that the state-wise distribution of the figures is subject to further verification and reconciliation.

S. No.	Name of State / UT	Active Cases*		Cured/Discharged/Migrated*		Deaths**
		Total	Change since yesterday	Cumulative	Change since yesterday	Cumulative	Change since yesterday
		Total	Change since yesterday	Cumulative	Change since yesterday	Cumulative	Death During Day
1	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	41	1	10228	8	129
2	Andhra Pradesh	2633	131	2313038	468	14733
3	Arunachal Pradesh	448	44	64769	60	296
4	Assam	5543	62	722750	748	8014
5	Bihar	1744	107	828179	468	12282	2
6	Chandigarh	789	27	93880	59	1166	1
7	Chhattisgarh	3919	29	1145793	610	14059	1
8	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	6	1	11510	2	4
9	Delhi	2862	314	1920569	465	26305	2
10	Goa	837	68	246922	82	3849
11	Gujarat	5675	62	1233370	826	10964	1
12	Haryana	2570	57	1013603	521	10635
13	Himachal Pradesh	4541	386	286976	599	4157	1
14	Jammu and Kashmir	3816	437	452676	260	4763
15	Jharkhand	1228	7	432794	178	5327
16	Karnataka	8861	35	3949147	1459	40134	1
17	Kerala***	17764	1105	6624104	2574	70412	19
18	Ladakh	150	2	28443	23	228
19	Lakshadweep	2	2	11360		52
20	Madhya Pradesh	1602	13	1036345	160	10749	1
21	Maharashtra	14092	442	7875009	2565	148080	12
22	Manipur	608	3	135988	88	2126
23	Meghalaya	591	38	92791	64	1605	4
24	Mizoram	931	17	230441	152	708
25	Nagaland	100	1	34855	14	768	1
26	Odisha	5891	556	1292885	1216	9135	2
27	Puducherry	1076	155	167237	254	1965
28	Punjab	6505	435	747101		17807	1
29	Rajasthan	1717	85	1281643	147	9577
30	Sikkim	1125	5	39797	139	468
31	Tamil Nadu	14714	379	3483346	2225	38032
32	Telangana	4703	137	806865	658	4111
33	Tripura	2082	228	102376	355	927
34	Uttarakhand	1762	59	432035	223	7705
35	Uttar Pradesh	2811	114	2073652	477	23561	1
36	West Bengal	21287	1370	2045094	2595	21334	7
Total#		145026	2486	43267571	20742	526167	57