India logs 50,848 new COVID cases, 1,358 deaths; active caseload lowest in 82 days

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India recorded 50,848 new cases of the novel coronavirus, along with 1,358 deaths due to the infection in the past 24 hours. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Wednesday, the country saw a total of 68,817 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery to 2,89,94,855. The total cases of COVID-19 in India have now mounted to 3,00,28,709 with 6,43,194 active cases, the data showed. The total death toll in the country is now at 3,90,660.

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.

The tally crossed the 2-crore mark on May 4.

Name of State / UT	Active Cases*		Cured/Discharged/Migrated*		Deaths**
Name of State / UT	Total	Change since yesterday	Cumulative	Change since yesterday	Cumulative	Change since yesterday
1	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	103	6	7195	4	127
2	Andhra Pradesh	53880	4260	1791056	8376	12416	53
3	Arunachal Pradesh	2548	9	30956	279	160	1
4	Assam	32975	350	450924	2482	4280	37
5	Bihar	2811	206	707833	468	9563	6
6	Chandigarh	278	33	60383	56	806
7	Chhattisgarh	8007	557	970244	1032	13402	7
8	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	61	1	10455	3	4
9	Delhi	1918	78	1405927	467	24933	8
10	Goa	2920	146	159029	438	3008	11
11	Gujarat	5159	480	807424	612	10037	3
12	Haryana	2200	137	756231	263	9295	20
13	Himachal Pradesh	2276	132	195062	315	3453	5
14	Jammu and Kashmir	7181	578	301134	999	4269	7
15	Jharkhand	1417	72	338256	180	5102	2
16	Karnataka	118615	4541	2662250	8111	34164	139
17	Kerala	100881	746	2716284	11730	12295	141
18	Ladakh	360	5	19309	38	202
19	Lakshadweep	315	4	9142	36	47	1
20	Madhya Pradesh	1707	273	778902	318	8806	20
21	Maharashtra	126468	1055	5742258	9043	118795	482
22	Manipur	9214	84	54714	649	1065	10
23	Meghalaya	4273	77	40915	341	788	3
24	Mizoram	4424	197	13900	233	85
25	Nagaland	1757	87	22204	149	477	2
26	Odisha	30859	1240	848960	4159	3671	38
27	Puducherry	3214	150	110423	433	1727	1
28	Punjab	5968	509	571207	880	15888	34
29	Rajasthan	2388	303	940101	437	8904	3
30	Sikkim	2430	18	16732	152	296	3
31	Tamil Nadu	56886	4443	2348353	11144	31580	194
32	Telangana	16640	606	595348	1771	3586	10
33	Tripura	3747	163	58735	554	658	4
34	Uttarakhand	2896	68	329030	231	7052	8
35	Uttar Pradesh	3910	253	1678486	397	22282	58
36	West Bengal	22508	232	1445493	2037	17437	47
Total#		643194	19327	28994855	68817	390660	1358

Meanwhile, US Pharma giant Pfizer CEO Dr. Albert Bourla on Tuesday said Pfizer is in the final stages of an agreement with India to supply anti-COVID-19 vaccines. He also observed that the domestically manufactured vaccines would be the backbone of vaccinating the Indian people.

Addressing the 15th edition of the India-US Bio Pharma & Healthcare Summit being organised by the US-India Chamber of Commerce, Dr Bourla also said that Pfizer has made a specific plan that the mid and low-income countries, which includes India, will receive at least two billion of such doses.

"My hope is that very soon we will finalise the approval of the product in India by the Indian health care authorities and the agreement with the government so that we can also start sending vaccines, on our side,” Bourla said.

The Pfizer CEO said that significant local manufacturing of vaccines that is happening at the Serum Institute of India will provide the “backbone of vaccinating” the Indian people.

"But getting the additional mRNA vaccines from us and also from Moderna will contribute significantly," he said.