India reports 67,597 fresh COVID cases, 1,188 deaths; positivity rate at 5.02%

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

Highlights

On Monday, India's daily cases had dropped below one lakh after nearly 32 days
The death toll in the country due to coronavirus is now at 5,02,87
The number of active cases in the country is now at 9,94,891

India reported 67,597 fresh COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, according to Union health ministry data uploaded on Tuesday. On Monday, India's daily cases had dropped below one lakh after nearly 32 days.

The death toll due to coronavirus in the country is now at 5,02,874 with 1,188 more fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.

The number of active cases in the country is now at 9,94,891.

The national COVID-19 recovery rate has improved to 96. 19 per cent, the ministry said.

A reduction of 16,279 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.

The daily positivity rate was recorded at 5.02 per cent, the ministry said.

The cumulative doses administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive have reached 1,70,21,72,615.

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, 2021, and three crore on June 23.

The 1,188 new fatalities include 137 from Kerala and 66 from Maharashtra.

So far, 5,02,874 deaths have been reported in the country, including 1,43,074 from Maharashtra, 58,255 from Kerala, 39,347 from Karnataka, 37,759 from Tamil Nadu, 25,983 from Delhi, 23,318 from Uttar Pradesh and 20,823 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	199	15	9587	34	129
2	Andhra Pradesh	69572	9174	2219219	11855	14664	9		9
3	Arunachal Pradesh	1599	201	61589	259	291
4	Assam	9701	2227	705118	2471	6561	12		12
5	Bihar	2451	466	812625	761	12236
6	Chandigarh	1571	336	88005	439	1139	2		2
7	Chhattisgarh	16608	274	1108630	1241	13937	9		9
8	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	96	2	11298	4	4
9	Delhi	8869	1110	1809081	2506	25983	14		14
10	Goa	4664	551	234034	826	3740	7		7
11	Gujarat	44618	6395	1144956	10273	10667	19		19
12	Haryana	14136	1460	940332	2995	10395	9		9
13	Himachal Pradesh	6280	357	266199	722	4043	11		11
14	Jammu and Kashmir	17412	3251	424521	4393	4715	9		9
15	Jharkhand	2616	171	423698	543	5311	1		1
16	Karnataka	97814	11422	3758997	19800	39347	47		47
17	Kerala***	330105	23047	5883023	49261	58255	137	378	515
18	Ladakh	987	38	25729	159	226
19	Lakshadweep	152	18	11012	36	52
20	Madhya Pradesh	44778	3208	950313	8373	10662	6		6
21	Maharashtra	122015	15575	7538611	25175	143074	66		66
22	Manipur	3786	7	129013	204	2063	4		4
23	Meghalaya	1462	183	89293	336	1546	4		4
24	Mizoram	14006	851	171256	1507	623	2		2
25	Nagaland	698	40	33415	72	743	2		2
26	Odisha	20101	1541	1237976	3624	8734	23		23
27	Puducherry	4152	478	158086	756	1948	1		1
28	Punjab	10351	1965	724214	2692	17436	28		28
29	Rajasthan	45893	5250	1189910	9752	9379	7		7
30	Sikkim	613	32	37628	100	435	1		1
31	Tamil Nadu	121828	17050	3251295	23144	37759	26		26
32	Telangana	26498	2728	746932	3944	4100	1		1
33	Tripura	748	139	98997	150	918	2		2
34	Uttarakhand	16409	871	405512	1447	7618	9		9
35	Uttar Pradesh	28156	4358	1993043	7117	23318	15		15
36	West Bengal	17994	1282	1967055	2083	20823	34		34
Total#		1108938	116073	40660202	199054	502874	517	378	895