17 Indian states saw drop in active coronaviru s cases in last 24 hours
As India's COVID-19 recovery rate rises above 70 per cent, 17 states have seen a drop in active coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours. Latest MoHFW figures indicate that while over 60,000 new COVID-19 cases have come to light in the last 24 hours, over 56,000 people have recovered from the virus. This means that only 4,000 active cases were added in the overall tally in India. In the fine prints of India's COVID-19 numbers from last 24 hours, there have been 17 states across India that have seen a drop of COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours.
From Gujarat in the West to Tripura in the East, from Jammu and Kashmir in the North to Kerala in the South, 17 states have seen the active COVID-19 numbers go down in the last 24 hours.
Drop in COVID-19 active cases!
| State | Cases Dropped by |
| Andhra Pradesh | 176 |
|
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu |
2 |
| Gujarat | 31 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 35 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 52 |
| Jharkhand | 153 |
| Karnataka | 302 |
| Kerala | 14 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 97 |
| Odisha | 454 |
| Punjab | 87 |
| Rajasthan | 133 |
| Sikkim | 21 |
| Tamil Nadu | 289 |
| Telangana | 32 |
| Tripura | 72 |
| West Bengal | 175 |
India's overall case tally has risen to 23 lakh with 16 lakh recoveries and 40,000 deaths. As many as 6 lakh people are still suffering from coronavirus in the country.
