India logs 46,148 new covid cases in past 24 hours; recovery rate now at 96.80 per cent

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Amritsar: Tourists walk near the statue of Maharaja Ranjit Singh at Heritage street near the Golden temple

India recorded 46,148 new cases of the novel coronavirus, along with 979 deaths due to the infection in the past 24 hours. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Monday, the country saw a total of 58,578 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery to 2,93,09,607. With this, the recovery rate now stands at 96.80 per cent. The total cases of COVID-19 in India have now mounted to 3,02,79,331 with 5,72,994 active cases, the data showed. The total death toll in the country is now at 3,96,730.

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	62	8	7266	1	127
2	Andhra Pradesh	44773	1353	1822500	5570	12599	33
3	Arunachal Pradesh	2495	51	32270	216	167
4	Assam	27137	1775	469067	3261	4440	37
5	Bihar	2142	108	709578	292	9579	1
6	Chandigarh	203	17	60614	37	807
7	Chhattisgarh	6596	124	973262	364	13431	4
8	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	45		10490	5	4
9	Delhi	1568	30	1407401	285	24965	4
10	Goa	2511	93	160548	301	3039	7
11	Gujarat	3687	196	809506	305	10051	3
12	Haryana	1685	119	757308	217	9385	17
13	Himachal Pradesh	1754	131	196438	247	3473	2
14	Jammu and Kashmir	5292	338	305135	745	4304	8
15	Jharkhand	1030	83	339199	163	5111	1
16	Karnataka	101065	4184	2698822	7699	34743	89
17	Kerala	100048	1508	2775967	12351	12879	62
18	Ladakh	281		19481	23	202
19	Lakshadweep	296	2	9337	24	48
20	Madhya Pradesh	816	111	779963	129	8917	21
21	Maharashtra	125422	1007	5790113	8562	121286	405
22	Manipur	5824	144	61038	509	1124	16
23	Meghalaya	4558	110	43070	570	819	2
24	Mizoram	4324	46	15040	177	91
25	Nagaland	1523	36	22951	75	487
26	Odisha	29181	209	867402	3578	3887	39
27	Puducherry	2672	103	112229	331	1744	3
28	Punjab	4020	356	574872	641	15991	12
29	Rajasthan	1733	106	941482	264	8914	4
30	Sikkim	2137	33	17673	203	301
31	Tamil Nadu	42801	2123	2390783	7159	32290	91
32	Telangana	14302	752	602676	1492	3635	8
33	Tripura	3497	251	60694	466	672	4
34	Uttarakhand	2465	45	330066	125	7088	2
35	Uttar Pradesh	3165	32	1679913	169	22518	75
36	West Bengal	21884	215	1455453	2022	17612	29
Total#		572994	13409	29309607	58578	396730	979

Meanwhile, the Centre has told the Supreme Court that Indian missions all over the world have been working on a “war footing” for sourcing medicines like Amphotericin or additional and alternative drugs for the treatment of COVID-related Mucormycosis (CAM) in the country.

The Union health ministry, in a 375-page affidavit filed in the apex court on Saturday, responded in detail to the query of an apex court bench about the steps being taken to ensure drug availability for Mucormycosis.

It said the projected production of L-Amphotericin B by domestic manufacturers in August is likely to be 5.525 lakh units of injections and in order to maintain equitable distribution, states are given the medicines in accordance with the proportion of their reported caseload.

Besides ramping up domestic production facilities of medicines like Amphotericin, the government said it has also issued guidance on the judicious use of the drug, and states and UTs have been required to put in place transparent arrangements for allocation to private and government hospitals.