India records 60,753 new COVID cases, 1,647 deaths; active cases lowest in 74 days

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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.

India recorded 60,753 new cases of the novel coronavirus, along with 1,647 deaths due to the infection in the past 24 hours. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Saturday, the country saw a total of 97,743 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery to 2,86,78,390. The total cases of COVID-19 in India have now mounted to 2,98,23,546 with 7,60,019 active cases, the data showed. The total death toll in the country is now at 3,85,137. A total of 27,23,88,783 people have so far been vaccinated against COVID-19 in India.

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 the one-crore mark on December 19.

India crossed the grim milestone of 2 crores 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	108	4	7128	24	127
2	Andhra Pradesh	67629	2202	1759390	8486	12224	57
3	Arunachal Pradesh	2599	114	29934	322	159	1
4	Assam	36978	1162	436043	4835	4138	33
5	Bihar	3548	256	705967	594	9536	9
6	Chandigarh	431	1	60123	47	804	2
7	Chhattisgarh	10062	620	966414	1122	13368	7
8	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	71		10425	8	4
9	Delhi	2445	109	1404688	260	24900	14
10	Goa	3599	225	157353	534	2975	6
11	Gujarat	7230	519	804668	776	10023	5
12	Haryana	2940	287	754924	460	9183	36
13	Himachal Pradesh	3193	237	193421	576	3429	5
14	Jammu and Kashmir	10094	508	296360	1171	4234	8
15	Jharkhand	1811	135	337362	274	5097	2
16	Karnataka	137072	9675	2625447	15290	33602	168
17	Kerala	108117	876	2665354	12147	11833	90
18	Ladakh	433	49	19097	75	200
19	Lakshadweep	347	52	9000	67	45
20	Madhya Pradesh	2727	257	777630	339	8707	28
21	Maharashtra	137851	5197	5699983	14347	116674	648
22	Manipur	9246	144	52667	447	1033	12
23	Meghalaya	4819	210	38792	431	771	9
24	Mizoram	3816	84	12858	228	76	1
25	Nagaland	2059	309	21571	364	467	1
26	Odisha	37139	2483	829851	6252	3508	37
27	Puducherry	4125	208	108462	557	1714	4
28	Punjab	8829	650	566568	1229	15771	33
29	Rajasthan	3783	479	938101	620	8884	9
30	Sikkim	2900	7	15868	166	290	3
31	Tamil Nadu	89009	11514	2286653	19860	30835	287
32	Telangana	19029	492	588259	1897	3546	12
33	Tripura	4715	158	56425	596	642	5
34	Uttarakhand	3231	240	328040	456	7017	6
35	Uttar Pradesh	5343	676	1676458	774	22081	51
36	West Bengal	22691	618	1437106	2112	17240	58
Total#		760019	38637	28678390	97743	385137	1647

Meanwhile, head of the India's COVID-19 task force on Friday said the country wants to resume exports of coronavirus doses but can't do so until its domestic needs are met.

“Once our immediate need of vaccinating a significant proportion of Indian people is achieved and vaccine stockpiles are visible from multiple sources, we would then like to play the role of serving others and providing vaccines to them,” Dr. Vinod K. Paul said in an interview with The Associated Press.

Paul defended the Indian government's move to restrict vaccine exports in April as it battled a ferocious surge in infections.

He noted that India had given away a “substantial” amount of vaccines at the start of the year as it launched its own immunization drive.

“So that has to be respected and has to be recognized, as not many nations have done that,” he said.