India reports 265 new COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours, active tally down to 2,706 latest updates

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COVID-19 cases in India: India recorded 265 new cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry today (January 1), the total recovery rate reached at around 98.80 per cent and total recoveries data reached to 4,41,45,238.

The total active cases of COVID-19 in India have decreased to 2,706, the health ministry data showed on Sunday. Yesterday, the registered active cases were around 3,653.

Active cases:

A decrease of total 947 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The active cases comprise 0.01 per cent of the total infections, the ministry said.

The total death toll in the country is now at 5,30,702. In India, the first death due to the COVID pandemic was reported in March 2020.

COVID Vaccination update:

According to the health ministry's website, 220.10 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide vaccination drive.

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, 50 lakh on September 16, 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and the one-crore mark on December 19, 2020.

The country crossed the grim milestones of two crore cases on May 4, 2021, three crore on June 23, 2021 and four crore on January 25 this year.

ICMR Testing:

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), around 91,09,23,835 samples have been tested up to December 31 for COVID-19. Of these 1,57,671 samples were tested on Saturday.

S. No.	Name of State / UT	Active Cases		Cured/Discharged/Migrated		Deaths
		Total	Change since yesterday	Cumulative	Change since yesterday	Cumulative
		Total	Change since yesterday	Cumulative	Change since yesterday	Cumulative	Death During Day
1	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	6	1	10612		129
2	Andhra Pradesh	4		2324332		14733
3	Arunachal Pradesh	0		66594		296
4	Assam	0		738065		8035
5	Bihar	28	4	839064	2	12302
6	Chandigarh	7	1	98162		1181
7	Chhattisgarh	10	4	1163602		14146
8	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	0		11587		4
9	Delhi	39	9	1980662	5	26521
10	Goa*	17	3	255053	3	4013
11	Gujarat	43	4	1266487	8	11043
12	Haryana	43		1045857	3	10714
13	Himachal Pradesh	18	2	308421	3	4213
14	Jammu and Kashmir	24	2	474610		4785
15	Jharkhand	2		437238		5331
16	Karnataka	342	982	4031390	1027	40308	1
17	Kerala***	1451	22	6755460	59	71557
18	Ladakh	3		29178		231
19	Lakshadweep	0		11363		52
20	Madhya Pradesh	5		1044138		10776
21	Maharashtra	164	8	7988082	38	148417
22	Manipur	0		137773		2149
23	Meghalaya	1		95158		1624
24	Mizoram	0		238238		726
25	Nagaland	0		35204		782
26	Odisha	93	1	1327266	2	9205
27	Puducherry	11	4	173530		1975
28	Punjab**	41	2	764885	7	19289
29	Rajasthan	68	5	1305760	20	9653
30	Sikkim	0	1	43820	1	499
31	Tamil Nadu	82	8	3556299	7	38049
32	Telangana	64	2	837175	13	4111
33	Tripura	0		107094		940
34	Uttarakhand	32	4	441611	1	7751
35	Uttar Pradesh	50	1	2104438	6	23633
36	West Bengal	58	1	2097030	4	21532
Total#		2706	947	44145238	1209	530705	1
*Kerala- “0 (Zero) new deaths were reported during the last 24 hours. A total of 02 reconciled deaths (as per the ICMR guidelines and falling within 90 days following the date of death) were reported.
**Punjab-“Active cases and recoveries updated after reconciliation of Punjab data- further reconciliation of mortality data is ongoing.
***Assam-Covid data awaited - As communicated by the State.
****Karnataka - District's with are deemed to be discharged which were long standing as active . Hence deemed to be discharged numbers are added to cumulative discharges.