COVID-19: India reports 163 new cases in last 24 hours, active tally down to 2,423
COVID-19 update: The active cases comprise 0.01 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has increased to 98.80 per cent, the health ministry said.
COVID-19 update: India logged 163 new coronavirus infections, while the active cases declined to 2,423, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday (January 8).
The COVID-19 case tally was recorded at 4.46 crore (4,46,79,924). The death toll stands at 5,30,720 with two deaths reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated.
Active cases:
The active cases comprise 0.01 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has increased to 98.80 per cent, the ministry said. A decrease of 86 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,41,46,781, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.19 per cent.
Vaccination UPDATE:
According to the ministry's website, 220.13 crore doses of Covid vaccine have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide vaccination drive.
India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 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 the one-crore mark on December 19.
India crossed the grim milestone of four crore on January 25, 2022.
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| S. No. | Name of State / UT | Active Cases | Cured/Discharged/Migrated | Deaths | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Change since yesterday | Cumulative | Change since yesterday | Cumulative | |||||||
| Death During Day | |||||||||||
| 1 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 0 | 1 | 10618 | 1 | 129 | |||||
| 2 | Andhra Pradesh | 6 | 2 | 2324336 | 14733 | ||||||
| 3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 66594 | 296 | |||||||
| 4 | Assam | 0 | 738065 | 8035 | |||||||
| 5 | Bihar | 10 | 839091 | 12303 | |||||||
| 6 | Chandigarh | 3 | 1 | 98169 | 1 | 1181 | |||||
| 7 | Chhattisgarh | 2 | 5 | 1163612 | 5 | 14146 | |||||
| 8 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 0 | 11587 | 4 | |||||||
| 9 | Delhi | 24 | 1 | 1980728 | 7 | 26521 | |||||
| 10 | Goa* | 13 | 3 | 255068 | 4013 | ||||||
| 11 | Gujarat | 34 | 2 | 1266526 | 7 | 11043 | |||||
| 12 | Haryana | 45 | 1 | 1045881 | 3 | 10714 | |||||
| 13 | Himachal Pradesh | 21 | 1 | 308442 | 3 | 4213 | |||||
| 14 | Jammu and Kashmir | 24 | 3 | 474628 | 4785 | ||||||
| 15 | Jharkhand | 2 | 1 | 437240 | 1 | 5331 | |||||
| 16 | Karnataka | 235 | 43 | 4031715 | 69 | 40308 | |||||
| 17 | Kerala*** | 1371 | 50 | 6755913 | 99 | 71567 | |||||
| 18 | Ladakh | 3 | 29181 | 231 | |||||||
| 19 | Lakshadweep | 0 | 11363 | 52 | |||||||
| 20 | Madhya Pradesh | 6 | 1 | 1044142 | 10776 | ||||||
| 21 | Maharashtra | 137 | 3 | 7988236 | 8 | 148418 | |||||
| 22 | Manipur | 2 | 137773 | 2149 | |||||||
| 23 | Meghalaya | 1 | 95159 | 1624 | |||||||
| 24 | Mizoram | 0 | 238238 | 726 | |||||||
| 25 | Nagaland | 0 | 35204 | 782 | |||||||
| 26 | Odisha | 91 | 4 | 1327281 | 9205 | ||||||
| 27 | Puducherry | 35 | 4 | 173541 | 1 | 1975 | |||||
| 28 | Punjab** | 34 | 7 | 764927 | 1 | 19289 | |||||
| 29 | Rajasthan | 79 | 4 | 1305813 | 3 | 9653 | |||||
| 30 | Sikkim | 0 | 43820 | 499 | |||||||
| 31 | Tamil Nadu | 71 | 8 | 3556381 | 15 | 38049 | |||||
| 32 | Telangana | 54 | 8 | 837239 | 11 | 4111 | |||||
| 33 | Tripura | 0 | 107094 | 940 | |||||||
| 34 | Uttarakhand | 34 | 441634 | 4 | 7753 | ||||||
| 35 | Uttar Pradesh | 31 | 2 | 2104478 | 2 | 23634 | |||||
| 36 | West Bengal | 54 | 3 | 2097064 | 6 | 21532 | |||||
| Total# | 2423 | 86 | 44146781 | 247 | 530720 | 0 | |||||
| *Kerala- “0 (Zero) new deaths were reported during the last 24 hours. A total of 02 reconciled deaths (as per the ICMR guidelines and falling within 90 days following the date of death) were reported. | |||||||||||
| **Punjab-“Active cases (34) and recoveries updated after reconciliation of Punjab data- further reconciliation of mortality data is ongoing. | |||||||||||