India reports 50,040 new COVID cases; recovery rate rises to 96.75 per cent

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India recorded 50,040 new cases of the novel coronavirus, along with 1,258 deaths due to the infection in the past 24 hours. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Sunday, the country saw a total of 57,944 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery to 2,92,51,029. The total cases of COVID-19 in India have now mounted to 3,02,33,183 with 5,86,403 active cases, the data showed. The total death toll in the country is now at 3,95,751.

India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7 last year, 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.

The tally crossed the 2-crore mark 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	54	15	7265	20	127
2	Andhra Pradesh	46126	1664	1816930	5773	12566	38
3	Arunachal Pradesh	2546	23	32054	262	167	2
4	Assam	28912	892	465806	3499	4403	33
5	Bihar	2250	147	709286	335	9578	2
6	Chandigarh	220	21	60577	44	807
7	Chhattisgarh	6720	169	972898	526	13427	4
8	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	45	7	10485	11	4
9	Delhi	1598	82	1407116	158	24961	9
10	Goa	2604	63	160247	293	3032	5
11	Gujarat	3883	233	809201	352	10048	3
12	Haryana	1804	123	757091	227	9368	17
13	Himachal Pradesh	1885	71	196191	249	3471	6
14	Jammu and Kashmir	5630	527	304390	864	4296	5
15	Jharkhand	1113	71	339036	166	5110	3
16	Karnataka	105249	1969	2691123	6126	34654	115
17	Kerala	101556	876	2763616	11124	12817	118
18	Ladakh	281	12	19458	33	202
19	Lakshadweep	298	15	9313	42	48
20	Madhya Pradesh	927	183	779834	204	8896	25
21	Maharashtra	124415	549	5781551	8752	120881	511
22	Manipur	5680	12	60529	534	1108	15
23	Meghalaya	4668	3	42500	499	817	3
24	Mizoram	4370	78	14863	309	91	2
25	Nagaland	1487	21	22876	106	487	6
26	Odisha	29390	175	863824	3682	3848	47
27	Puducherry	2775	195	111898	421	1741	2
28	Punjab	4376	456	574231	740	15979	23
29	Rajasthan	1839	34	941218	170	8910	5
30	Sikkim	2170	85	17470	213	301	2
31	Tamil Nadu	44924	2394	2383624	7661	32199	148
32	Telangana	15054	470	601184	1489	3627	9
33	Tripura	3748	22	60228	460	668	3
34	Uttarakhand	2510	117	329941	278	7086	3
35	Uttar Pradesh	3197	226	1679744	328	22443	62
36	West Bengal	22099	132	1453431	1994	17583	32
Total#		586403	9162	29251029	57944	395751	1258

Meanwhile, the ICMR on Saturday said India has achieved the milestone of conducting 40 crore COVID-19 tests, with an average of more than 18 lakh tests per day in the month of June.

India has tested 40,18,11,892 samples across the country till Friday, it said.

The country tested 35 crore COVID-19 samples till June 1, 2021.

"This has been enabled by rapidly increasing testing infrastructure and capacity across the country. ICMR has been enhancing COVID-19 testing capability across the country by expanding and diversifying testing capacity by leveraging technology and facilitating innovation in affordable diagnostic kits," the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said in a statement.

Prof Balram Bhargava, Director General, ICMR said the exponential increase in testing has led to early identification, prompt isolation and effective treatment of COVID-19 cases.