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India on Tuesday recorded 3,29,942 new cases of the novel coronavirus, along with 3,876 deaths due to the infection. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry, the country saw a total of 3,56,082 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery to 1,90,27,304. The total cases of COVID-19 in India have now mounted to 2,26,62,575, with 37,15,221 active cases, the data showed. The total death toll in the country is now at 2,49,992. A total of 17,27,10,066 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 1-crore mark on December 19.

India crossed the grim milestone of 2 crore 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	195	8	6125	37	78	2
2	Andhra Pradesh	189367	1265	1104431	16167	8791	84
3	Arunachal Pradesh	1955	22	18351	179	64	4
4	Assam	38847	1495	257571	4231	1753	77
5	Bihar	105104	5701	493189	15800	3357	75
6	Chandigarh	8653	142	41842	714	575	7
7	Chhattisgarh	125104	1443	727497	13138	10742	172
8	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	1202	118	7722	199	4
9	Delhi	85258	974	1231297	13306	19663	319
10	Goa	32262	387	87659	2367	1729	50
11	Gujarat	136158	3456	547935	14931	8511	117
12	Haryana	113232	3635	509617	16192	5766	161
13	Himachal Pradesh	34417	1948	99427	2358	1938	53
14	Jammu and Kashmir	49951	703	167813	2855	2782	56
15	Jharkhand	57902	904	230646	6962	3982	129
16	Karnataka	571026	6521	1383285	32188	19372	596
17	Kerala	420076	3787	1504160	31209	5879	65
18	Ladakh	1447	4	13825	106	157	2
19	Lakshadweep	992	24	2980	124	10	1
20	Madhya Pradesh	111223	2310	563754	7324	6501	81
21	Maharashtra	593150	24920	4469425	61607	76398	549
22	Manipur	4604	324	30685	87	489	13
23	Meghalaya	3062	163	16834	241	233	5
24	Mizoram	1854	7	5920	165	22	1
25	Nagaland	2884	75	13249	48	150	10
26	Odisha	85107	308	457569	9706	2197	17
27	Puducherry	14169	135	57818	1108	988	23
28	Punjab	75800	1457	364170	6894	10704	198
29	Rajasthan	203017	2828	564352	13499	5825	160
30	Sikkim	2540	97	7215	141	169	2
31	Tamil Nadu	152389	7842	1240968	20904	15880	232
32	Telangana	62797	2960	436619	7754	2771	32
33	Tripura	3063	313	34682	150	413	3
34	Uttarakhand	74480	366	171438	5007	3896	168
35	Uttar Pradesh	225271	8710	1283754	29709	15742	278
36	West Bengal	126663	636	873480	18675	12461	134
Total#		3715221	30016	19027304	356082	249992	3876

Meanwhile, the B-1617 variant of the coronavirus, first identified in India, has been classified as a “variant of concern” at the global level by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, COVID-19 Technical Lead at the WHO, said Monday that the B.1.617 virus variant that was first identified in India had been classified as a “variant of interest” by the WHO.

She said the Epi team and WHO lab team has been discussing with the WHO virus evolution working group this variant and everything that “we know about it in terms of transmissibility and any studies that are being done in India as well as in other countries where this virus is circulating.

“In consultation with our virus evolution working group, and our Epi teams and our lab teams internally, there is some available information to suggest increased transmissibility of B-1617… as such we are classifying this as a variant of concern at the global level,” she said.