India on Thursday recorded 24,712 fresh Covid-19 cases, taking the country's total tally to 1,01,23,778, according to the Union Health Ministry's data. The national recovery rate is now at 95.75%. The death toll has climbed to 1,46,756 with 312 new deaths in a span of 24 hours.
The total active cases in the country stand at 2,83,849 which comprises 2.80 % of the total caseload, the data stated. The total discharged cases stand at 96,93,173 with 29,791 new discharges in the last 24 hours.
Meanwhile, the country tested 16,53,08,366 samples for Covid-19 on Wednesday that is, 23 December. India has so far tested 10,39,645 samples so far, revealed the Indian Council of Medical Research.
India's coronavirus tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on 7 August, 30 lakh on 23 August and 40 lakh on 5 September. It went past 50 lakh on 16 September, 60 lakh on 28 September, 70 lakh on 11 October, crossed 80 lakh on 29 October, and surpassed 90 lakh on 20 November.
A Look At Statewise Coronavirus Tally:
| S. No. | Name of State / UT | Active Cases* | Cured/Discharged/Migrated* | Deaths** |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Cumulative | Cumulative | ||
| 1 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 73 | 4761 | 62 |
| 2 | Andhra Pradesh | 3864 | 868769 | 7085 |
| 3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 212 | 16401 | 56 |
| 4 | Assam | 3470 | 211181 | 1029 |
| 5 | Bihar | 5408 | 241031 | 1368 |
| 6 | Chandigarh | 369 | 18584 | 313 |
| 7 | Chhattisgarh | 15635 | 252332 | 3227 |
| 8 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 6 | 3357 | 2 |
| 9 | Delhi | 8003 | 601268 | 10347 |
| 10 | Goa | 1000 | 48637 | 727 |
| 11 | Gujarat | 11040 | 222911 | 4254 |
| 12 | Haryana | 5230 | 251149 | 2847 |
| 13 | Himachal Pradesh | 4629 | 47869 | 894 |
| 14 | Jammu and Kashmir | 3555 | 113645 | 1853 |
| 15 | Jharkhand | 1633 | 110962 | 1014 |
| 16 | Karnataka | 13755 | 886547 | 12038 |
| 17 | Kerala | 62974 | 655644 | 2892 |
| 18 | Ladakh | 237 | 8947 | 125 |
| 19 | Madhya Pradesh | 10766 | 220051 | 3514 |
| 20 | Maharashtra | 55702 | 1801700 | 48969 |
| 21 | Manipur | 1459 | 26030 | 338 |
| 22 | Meghalaya | 299 | 12894 | 135 |
| 23 | Mizoram | 140 | 4008 | 8 |
| 24 | Nagaland | 377 | 11423 | 77 |
| 25 | Odisha | 2785 | 322648 | 1846 |
| 26 | Puducherry | 350 | 36866 | 629 |
| 27 | Punjab | 4938 | 153964 | 5243 |
| 28 | Rajasthan | 11648 | 287418 | 2642 |
| 29 | Sikkim | 397 | 5110 | 125 |
| 30 | Tamil Nadu | 9314 | 788742 | 12024 |
| 31 | Telengana | 6815 | 275217 | 1524 |
| 32 | Tripura | 192 | 32640 | 384 |
| 33 | Uttarakhand | 5507 | 80986 | 1447 |
| 34 | Uttar Pradesh | 16378 | 553019 | 8245 |
| 35 | West Bengal | 15689 | 516462 | 9473 |
| Total# | 283849 | 9693173 | 146756 | |