Srinagar: A woman crosses a street during lockdown imposed in Jammu and Kashmir administration to contain the surge in COVID-19 cases
India reported 1,20,529 fresh COVID-19 cases, the lowest single-day rise in infections in around two months, taking the infection tally to 2,86,94,879, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Saturday. The death toll from COVID-19 climbed to 3,44,082 with 3,380 new fatalities, while the number of active cases was recorded below 20 lakh for the fifth consecutive day, the data updated at 8 am showed.
The daily new cases are the lowest in 58 days, the ministry said.
A total of 20,84,421 tests were conducted on Thursday taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far for the detection of COVID-19 in the country to 36,11,74,142. The daily positivity rate further dipped to 5.78 per cent, less than 10 per cent for 12th consecutive day, the ministry said.
The weekly positivity rate has declined to 6.89 per cent.
The active case count has reduced to 15,55,248 comprising 5.73 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has improved to 93.08 per cent, the data showed.
A net decline of 77,420 cases has been recorded in the virus count in a span of 24 hours.
The number of recoveries continue to outnumber daily new cases for 23 consecutive days.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 2,67,95,549, while the case fatality rate stands at 1.19 per cent, the data stated.
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 crore COVID-19 cases on May 4.
| Name of State / UT | Active Cases* | Cured/Discharged/Migrated* | Deaths** | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Change since yesterday | Cumulative | Change since yesterday | Cumulative | Change since yesterday | ||
| 1 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 115 | 16 | 6852 | 32 | 121 | 2 |
| 2 | Andhra Pradesh | 133773 | 5139 | 1593921 | 15469 | 11296 | 83 |
| 3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 3829 | 14 | 24835 | 415 | 122 | 3 |
| 4 | Assam | 52112 | 231 | 373244 | 4263 | 3577 | 54 |
| 5 | Bihar | 10309 | 1122 | 695562 | 2090 | 5319 | 23 |
| 6 | Chandigarh | 1005 | 130 | 58717 | 215 | 765 | 3 |
| 7 | Chhattisgarh | 26977 | 2401 | 938081 | 3838 | 13162 | 23 |
| 8 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 112 | 138 | 10261 | 170 | 4 | |
| 9 | Delhi | 8060 | 688 | 1395892 | 1161 | 24497 | 50 |
| 10 | Goa | 9099 | 601 | 146597 | 1160 | 2727 | 17 |
| 11 | Gujarat | 22110 | 2294 | 782374 | 3398 | 9906 | 16 |
| 12 | Haryana | 11054 | 1634 | 741255 | 2456 | 8605 | 73 |
| 13 | Himachal Pradesh | 9787 | 1270 | 180877 | 2030 | 3260 | 27 |
| 14 | Jammu and Kashmir | 29615 | 1042 | 263961 | 2731 | 4026 | 34 |
| 15 | Jharkhand | 6832 | 705 | 328542 | 1170 | 5034 | 13 |
| 16 | Karnataka | 280207 | 6612 | 2358412 | 22316 | 30895 | 364 |
| 17 | Kerala | 174933 | 9766 | 2416639 | 25860 | 9510 | 135 |
| 18 | Ladakh | 1354 | 151 | 17528 | 272 | 194 | 1 |
| 19 | Lakshadweep | 1208 | 147 | 7324 | 235 | 36 | 1 |
| 20 | Madhya Pradesh | 12889 | 1297 | 762597 | 2045 | 8257 | 50 |
| 21 | Maharashtra | 199736 | 8077 | 5507058 | 20852 | 98771 | 1377 |
| 22 | Manipur | 9048 | 185 | 43779 | 592 | 863 | 14 |
| 23 | Meghalaya | 6110 | 242 | 30980 | 808 | 643 | 18 |
| 24 | Mizoram | 3433 | 18 | 9816 | 214 | 51 | 4 |
| 25 | Nagaland | 4695 | 16 | 17276 | 151 | 416 | 12 |
| 26 | Odisha | 71385 | 3657 | 724402 | 11347 | 2912 | 39 |
| 27 | Puducherry | 9494 | 521 | 96731 | 1215 | 1601 | 18 |
| 28 | Punjab | 26277 | 2396 | 534915 | 4314 | 14927 | 87 |
| 29 | Rajasthan | 24004 | 3404 | 911897 | 4370 | 8599 | 40 |
| 30 | Sikkim | 4250 | 66 | 12002 | 284 | 266 | 3 |
| 31 | Tamil Nadu | 268968 | 11458 | 1900306 | 33646 | 26128 | 463 |
| 32 | Telangana | 30918 | 1661 | 553400 | 3821 | 3346 | 15 |
| 33 | Tripura | 6367 | 27 | 47663 | 670 | 550 | 11 |
| 34 | Uttarakhand | 19283 | 3247 | 307045 | 4081 | 6631 | 58 |
| 35 | Uttar Pradesh | 22877 | 2669 | 1652417 | 3646 | 21031 | 136 |
| 36 | West Bengal | 53023 | 8757 | 1342391 | 16557 | 16034 | 113 |
| Total# | 1555248 | 80745 | 26795549 | 197894 | 344082 | 3380 | |
Meanwhile, top American lawmakers on Friday applauded the Biden Administration for its decision to distribute 25 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to India and other countries.
“I applaud the Biden Administration’s commitment to getting COVID-19 vaccines to countries that need them most,” Senator John Cornyn, Co-Chair of the Senate India Caucus said.
“As Co-Chair of the Senate India Caucus, I believe this is an excellent opportunity to help India respond to their current, dangerous surge,” Cornyn said in a tweet.
In a tweet, Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith said as India fights its COVID-19 crisis, it's important to continue to share extra US vaccines to help its friend and important ally.
“A return to normalcy and an eventual end to this brutal pandemic will require some global cooperation,” Hyde-Smith said.
