COVID: India registers 13,313 fresh cases, 38 deaths in last 24 hours; active cases jump to 83,990

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COVID: India registers 13,313 fresh cases, 38 deaths in last 24 hours; active cases jump to 83,990.

Highlights

According to ICMR, over 85 crore samples have been tested up to June 22 for COVID
The total death toll in the country due to COVID is now at 5,24,941
An increase of 2,303 cases has been recorded in the active COVID caseload in a span of 24 hours

COVID-19 India News Updates: India recorded 13,313 new cases of the novel coronavirus, along with 38 deaths due to the infection in the past 24 hours. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Thursday (June 23), the country saw a total of 10,972 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery rate at around 98.60 per cent and total recoveries data reached to 4,27,36,027.

The total active cases of COVID-19 in India have risen to 83,990, the health ministry data showed today. Yesterday, the registered active cases were 81,687.

Jump in active cases:

An increase of 2,303 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The active cases comprise 0.19 per cent of the total infections, the ministry said.

The total death toll in the country is now at 5,24,941. In India, the first death due to the COVID pandemic was reported in March 2020.

The daily positivity rate on June 23 was recorded 2.03 per cent.

ICMR Testing:

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 85,94,93,387 samples have been tested up to June 22 for COVID-19. Of these 6,56,410 samples were tested on Wednesday.

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Kerala COVID tally:

Meanwhile, fresh COVID-19 cases in Kerala saw a slight dip on Wednesday with the State reporting 3,890 infections, taking the caseload till date to 66,12,607. The southern State saw 3,172 people recovering from the disease, according to official data.

Today, there were 7 deaths due to COVID-19, taking the total casualties to 69,924. The active cases have risen to 25,044 till date, according to the data.

A total of 22,927 samples were tested in the last 24 hours with a TPR (test positivity rate) of 16.97 per cent, it said. On Tuesday, the State reported 4,224 fresh infections.

The last time the State recorded over 4,000 fresh infections in a day was in February.

S. No.	Name of State / UT	Active Cases*		Cured/Discharged/Migrated*		Deaths**
		Total	Change since yesterday	Cumulative	Change since yesterday	Cumulative	Change since yesterday
		Total	Change since yesterday	Cumulative	Change since yesterday	Cumulative	Death During Day (a)	Death Reconciled (b)	Total (a+b)
1	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	34	6	9945	11	129
2	Andhra Pradesh	369	29	2305495	57	14731
3	Arunachal Pradesh	5	2	64214		296
4	Assam	155	23	716288	10	7988
5	Bihar	410	85	818828	41	12256
6	Chandigarh	387	14	91665	22	1165
7	Chhattisgarh	585	69	1138736	62	14035
8	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	0		11437		4
9	Delhi	5054	541	1894164	1466	26242	3		3
10	Goa	866	74	242821	82	3833
11	Gujarat	1741	217	1215806	190	10946
12	Haryana	2884	173	997915	699	10622	1		1
13	Himachal Pradesh	213		281195	39	4139	1		1
14	Jammu and Kashmir	209	24	449621	15	4755	1		1
15	Jharkhand	125	11	430139	9	5319
16	Karnataka	4892	128	3917770	804	40113
17	Kerala***	25200	1740	6513600	2464	69917		20	20
18	Ladakh	32		28074	6	228
19	Lakshadweep	0		11350		52
20	Madhya Pradesh	454	3	1032542	52	10740
21	Maharashtra	24639	276	7772491	3533	147892	3		3
22	Manipur	6	2	135124	1	2120
23	Meghalaya	16	4	92268	4	1594
24	Mizoram	122	2	227969	23	702	1		1
25	Nagaland	0		34742		761
26	Odisha	334	9	1279535	36	9126
27	Puducherry	142	8	164021	26	1962
28	Punjab	681	46	743179	86	17761	2		2
29	Rajasthan	713	5	1277145	97	9561
30	Sikkim	13	4	38732	1	453
31	Tamil Nadu	4678	312	3420364	459	38026
32	Telangana	2680	305	790347	129	4111
33	Tripura	4	4	99967		923
34	Uttarakhand	644	30	430012	20	7695
35	Uttar Pradesh	3257	322	2059342	352	23532	4		4
36	West Bengal	2446	117	1999184	176	21212	2		2
Total#		83990	2303	42736027	10972	524941	18	20	38
***Kerala 20-No of deaths declared by GoK, further details as below: 0 No. Of Deaths in Last 24 Hrs; 7 Deaths declared in the last 24 hrs but of previous days because of late receiving of documents; 13 No of deaths declared as per appeal G.O.(Rt) No.2110/2021/H&FWD (Appeal Cases Filed)
*(Including foreign Nationals)
**( more than 70% cases due to comorbidities )