COVID pandemic: India logs over 1.72 lakh new cases with positivity rate at 10.99%; 1,008 deaths

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Hyderabad: A health worker collects swab sample from a person for Covid-19 test

Highlights

The total active cases of COVID-19 in the country have reached 15,33,921
The death toll in India resulting out of coronavirus is now at 4,98,983
The daily positivity rate in India is now at 10.99 per cent

India reported a total of 1,72,433 new cases of the novel coronavirus, along with 1,008 deaths in the last 24 hours, the Health Ministry data showed on Thursday. With this, the total active cases of COVID-19 in the country have reached 15,33,921. The death toll in India resulting out of coronavirus is now at 4,98,983, while the positivity rate is at 10.99 per cent.

A total of 167.87 crore vaccinations have so far been administered in the country, the data showed.

India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 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 two crore on May 4 and three crore on June 23.

The 1,008 new fatalities include 165 from Kerala and 79 from Maharashtra.

A total of 4,98,983 deaths have been reported so far in the country including 1,42,784 from Maharashtra, 56,100 bfrom Kerala, 39,137 from Karnataka, 37,636 from Tamil Nadu, 25,919 from Delhi, 23,254 from Uttar Pradesh and 20,687 from West Bengal.

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	290	45	9425	63	129
2	Andhra Pradesh	100622	5308	2173313	11280	14631	11		11
3	Arunachal Pradesh	2375	122	60228	357	290	2		2
4	Assam	16525	4283	695896	5293	6499	18		18
5	Bihar	3753	971	809445	1768	12226	2		2
6	Chandigarh	2590	254	86289	614	1129	4		4
7	Chhattisgarh	21475	313	1096510	2437	13883	14		14
8	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	103	4	11252	18	4
9	Delhi	14870	1678	1795190	4679	25919	27		27
10	Goa	7051	819	229712	1465	3708	9		9
11	Gujarat	69187	6277	1098199	15177	10545	34		34
12	Haryana	20882	1867	924474	5117	10337	17		17
13	Himachal Pradesh	9422	250	259814	541	4007
14	Jammu and Kashmir	29829	2729	405959	5024	4692	9		9
15	Jharkhand	3781	591	420686	1189	5306	3		3
16	Karnataka	177276	20479	3627925	40903	39137	81		81
17	Kerala***	378564	9984	5695091	41715	56100	165	335	500
18	Ladakh	1140	36	25034	177	226	1		1
19	Lakshadweep	225	20	10873	49	52
20	Madhya Pradesh	53951	2343	916522	9696	10630	6		6
21	Maharashtra	177131	18293	7433633	36281	142784	79		79
22	Manipur	3943	18	127909	337	2053	3		3
23	Meghalaya	2075	157	88013	387	1533	4		4
24	Mizoram	15563	225	163560	1918	617	2		2
25	Nagaland	840	54	33034	140	736
26	Odisha	31748	2636	1215380	6067	8648	19		19
27	Puducherry	6852	2415	153840	3151	1941	6		6
28	Punjab	17750	3187	711767	4867	17320	28		28
29	Rajasthan	58603	4433	1153148	12839	9310	22		22
30	Sikkim	727	125	37194	228	432
31	Tamil Nadu	177999	10600	3159694	24576	37636	37		37
32	Telangana	34665	960	730648	3603	4094	3		3
33	Tripura	2368	441	97240	508	914	1		1
34	Uttarakhand	26071	1224	391664	3295	7574	10		10
35	Uttar Pradesh	41795	5403	1964167	10398	23254	21		21
36	West Bengal	21880	262	1957686	2950	20687	35		35
Total#		1533921	87682	39770414	259107	498983	673	335	1008