Over 40,000 new COVID cases take India’s active tally to 4.13 lakh; Kerala, Maharashtra continue to report surge

Over 40,000 new COVID cases take India's active tally to 4.13 lakh; Kerala, Maharashtra continue to report surge

NewDelhi: India’s active coronavirus tally on Monday increased to 4.13 lakh after the country reported a single-day spike of 40,134 new positives, said the Union Health Ministry. It also said that 422 fatalities were reported during the same period that pushed the death toll to 4.24 lakh with a case mortality rate of 1.34 per cent.

Meanwhile, 36,946 recoveries during the same period pushed the total recoveries to 3.08 crore that took India’s recovery rate to 97.35 per cent, said the Union Health Ministry, 47.22 crore vaccine doses have been administered in India so far.

As per the Health Ministry data, Maharashtra and Kerala continued to report a surge in COVID-19 cases on Monday. While Kerala reported 20,728 new cases and 56 deaths, Maharashtra recorded 6,479 new positives and 157 fatalities in the last 24 hours.

Similarly, Tamil Nadu reported 1,990 new cases and 26 fatalities while Andhra Pradesh saw a single-day spike of 2,287 cases and 18 deaths. Karnataka, meanwhile, reported 1,875 new cases and 25 deaths during the same period, as per the Health Ministry data.

Following is the state-wise report of the coronavirus pandemic in India:

Name of State/ UTActive CasesCuredDeaths
Andaman and Nicobar Islands77403129
Andhra Pradesh21019193404813395
Arunachal Pradesh367544354231
Assam126425490655275
Bihar4357148019644
Chandigarh3061113811
Chhattisgarh191998677813525
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu24106224
Delhi582141071425054
Goa10111670463148
Gujarat25481457010076
Haryana7157595899638
Himachal Pradesh12292014113521
Jammu and Kashmir12113160174379
Jharkhand2543418175129
Karnataka24168284624436587
Kerala167891322676116837
Ladakh5720076207
Lakshadweep751007050
Madhya Pradesh12578120710513
Maharashtra823506094896132948
Manipur10405873601566
Meghalaya6043584501096
Mizoram1218927024150
Nagaland134426031570
Odisha141389586015966
Puducherry9821182281795
Punjab50458233216294
Rajasthan2509444848954
Sikkim345422955345
Tamil Nadu20524250696134102
Telangana88736327283805
Tripura309274875755
Uttarakhand6093341907362
Uttar Pradesh664168504922763
West Bengal10974149959718149
Total41371830857467424773

India’s COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7; 30 lakh on August 23; 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16. It went past 60 lakh on September 28; 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29; 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed one crore on December 19. India crossed the grim milestone of 2 crore COVID-19 cases on May 4, and 3 crore on June 23.

Bureau Report

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