India logs 38,164 new COVID cases, 499 deaths in past 24 hours

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India logs 38,164 new COVID cases, 499 deaths in past 24 hours

India saw a single-day rise of 38,164 new coronavirus infections, while the death toll climbed to 4,14,108 with 499 daily fatalities, the lowest in around 104 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The total tally of COVID-19 cases has increased to 3,11,44,229. The active cases have declined to 4,21,665 and comprise 1.35 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate stands at 97.32 per cent, the data updated at 8 am showed.

A decrease of 995 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.

Also, 14,63,593 tests were conducted on Sunday taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of COVID-19 in the country to 44,54,22,256, while the daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.61 per cent.

It has been less than three per cent for 28 consecutive days, the ministry said, adding the weekly positivity rate has declined to 2.08 per cent, according to the health ministry.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 3,03,08,456 and the case fatality rate stands at 1.33 per cent, the data stated.

India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7 last year, 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 last year.

S. No.	Name of State / UT	Active Cases*		Cured/Discharged/Migrated*		Deaths**
S. No.	Name of State / UT	Total	Change since yesterday	Cumulative	Change since yesterday	Cumulative	Change since yesterday
1	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	16		7361	1	129
2	Andhra Pradesh	25041	187	1898966	2467	13115	18
3	Arunachal Pradesh	4323	61	38040	412	201	2
4	Assam	18778	791	522192	2495	4984	23
5	Bihar	755	27	713482	105	9627	1
6	Chandigarh	53	5	61008	13	809
7	Chhattisgarh	3837	130	982357	354	13494	2
8	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	16		10574	1	4
9	Delhi	621	36	1409830	91	25027	4
10	Goa	1663	4	164848	152	3109	3
11	Gujarat	532	74	813853	110	10075	1
12	Haryana	823	13	759088	47	9593	7
13	Himachal Pradesh	1110	26	199722	138	3505	1
14	Jammu and Kashmir	2017	99	313375	277	4363	1
15	Jharkhand	337	3	341192	64	5120
16	Karnataka	30105	1317	2816013	3144	36121	42
17	Kerala	125273	2837	3006439	13197	15269	114
18	Ladakh	103	2	19937	8	206
19	Lakshadweep	73	6	9939	14	49
20	Madhya Pradesh	221	14	780907	23	10512	2
21	Maharashtra	103745	902	5974594	8950	126851	124
22	Manipur	9447	414	73047	742	1365	15
23	Meghalaya	4080	86	51981	585	939	8
24	Mizoram	5896	155	21136	307	121	1
25	Nagaland	1112	30	24940	65	524	5
26	Odisha	19193	285	927926	2400	4992	67
27	Puducherry	1170	78	116657	171	1776	1
28	Punjab	1153	85	580871	194	16224	9
29	Rajasthan	496	7	943889	47	8949	2
30	Sikkim	2256	64	20660	219	321	2
31	Tamil Nadu	28590	640	2471038	2802	33695	43
32	Telangana	9980	48	622313	772	3756	5
33	Tripura	4546	93	68344	416	725	2
34	Uttarakhand	656	42	333421	73	7356	1
35	Uttar Pradesh	1310	29	1683797	106	22715	4
36	West Bengal	13333	151	1486059	1042	17988	8
Total#		422660	1365	30269796	42004	413609	518

Meanwhile, America’s Surgeon General Dr Vivek Murthy on Sunday expressed concern over the "significant increase" in COVID-19 cases in the US, especially among the unvaccinated population, urging people to get vaccinated and assuring them that the current set of vaccines are highly effective against coronavirus.

The Indian-American doctor said the vaccinated people are "highly protected" and 99.5 per cent of the deaths recorded from the COVID-19 infection are among those who are unvaccinated.

This is an issue of concern especially given the Delta variant, Murthy told CNN in an interview.

"What we're seeing in LA County is concerning, this rise in cases. Unfortunately, we are seeing rises particularly among the unvaccinated in many parts of the country now and especially given the Delta variant,” he said.

"What the CDC did in its guidance about - close to two months ago now, is based on the science saying that your risk of getting sick or transmitting the virus was low if you were fully vaccinated. They gave communities and individuals the flexibility to make decisions about what to do with masks,” he said.