At 1.96 lakh, India's daily COVID case count falls below 2 lakh; 3,511 deaths reported

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Bengaluru: A medic collects samples from e-commerce and food delivery personnel for Covid-19 testing

India on Tuesday recorded 1,96,427 new cases of the novel coronavirus, along with 3,511 deaths due to the infection. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry, the country saw a total of 3,26,850 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery to 2,40,54,861. The total cases of COVID-19 in India have now mounted to 2,69,48,874, with 25,86,782 active cases, the data showed. The total death toll in the country is now at 3,07,231. A total of 19,85,38,999 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 last, 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.

India crossed the grim milestone of 2 crore on May 4 this year.

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	254	14	6495	22	104	1
2	Andhra Pradesh	203762	5475	1379837	18373	10222	96
3	Arunachal Pradesh	3127	228	21344	248	102	4
4	Assam	53996	885	318585	5252	2823	84
5	Bihar	37943	2749	649835	5500	4642	93
6	Chandigarh	4428	446	53597	684	709	7
7	Chhattisgarh	60938	4836	879625	8985	12646	60
8	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	439	82	9606	144	4
9	Delhi	24578	3032	1370431	4375	23409	207
10	Goa	16278	999	129162	2362	2421	38
11	Gujarat	68971	6163	713065	9305	9621	45
12	Haryana	38119	4697	696059	8359	7607	95
13	Himachal Pradesh	24181	1798	153975	3686	2827	61
14	Jammu and Kashmir	45630	1807	223619	3999	3609	45
15	Jharkhand	17569	1930	309371	3291	4871	33
16	Karnataka	440456	32551	1983948	57333	25811	529
17	Kerala	259559	18414	2098674	36039	7554	196
18	Ladakh	1463	59	15891	184	178
19	Lakshadweep	2162	112	4661	124	24
20	Madhya Pradesh	53653	4113	706003	6989	7618	60
21	Maharashtra	330215	20790	5182592	42320	89212	592
22	Manipur	6444	90	37478	611	705	17
23	Meghalaya	7788	108	22221	679	483	24
24	Mizoram	2569	108	8019	180	34	1
25	Nagaland	4714	36	15248	143	297	12
26	Odisha	99701	587	601224	11614	2516	32
27	Puducherry	15835	1016	79765	1915	1382	23
28	Punjab	54996	2509	475011	6803	13468	187
29	Rajasthan	99875	12343	812775	16654	7806	103
30	Sikkim	3184	133	9817	226	232	8
31	Tamil Nadu	301580	7437	1554759	27026	20872	404
32	Telangana	39206	1283	513968	4305	3146	21
33	Tripura	8302	341	38526	427	470	5
34	Uttarakhand	49579	5156	260084	7105	5927	122
35	Uttar Pradesh	76703	8177	1577720	11918	19362	153
36	West Bengal	128585	1940	1141871	19670	14517	153
Total#		2586782	133934	24054861	326850	307231	3511

Meanwhile, domestic pharma major Panacea Biotec in collaboration with Russian sovereign wealth fund RDIF has begun the production of 'Sputnik V' COVID-19 vaccine in India, according to a joint statement issued on Monday. As announced in April, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) - which markets the vaccine internationally, and Panacea Biotec agreed to produce 100 million doses per year of Sputnik V in India.

The first batch of the COVID-19 vaccine produced at Panacea Biotec's facilities at Baddi in Himachal Pradesh will be shipped to Russia's Gamaleya Center for "quality control", the joint statement said.

Full-scale production of the vaccine is expected to start this summer, the statement said, without disclosing the exact month in which the large-scale production would start.