India logs 1.32 lakh new COVID cases; 2,31,456 recoveries in 24 hours

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Bengaluru: A health worker administers a dose of the Covid-19 vaccine to a benificiary

India on Wednesday recorded 1,32,788 new cases of the novel coronavirus, along with 3,207 deaths due to the infection. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry, the country saw a total of 2,31,456 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery to 2,83,07,832. The total cases of COVID-19 in India have now mounted to 2,83,07,832, with 17,93,645 active cases, the data showed. The total death toll in the country is now at 3,35,102. A total of 21,85,46,667 people have so far been vaccinated against COVID-19 in India.

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 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	155	16	6745	26	118	3
2	Andhra Pradesh	146737	7058	1546617	18257	11034	104
3	Arunachal Pradesh	3772	17	23754	352	116	1
4	Assam	52680	361	359802	4992	3416	51
5	Bihar	14251	1985	688462	3100	5222	59
6	Chandigarh	1481	286	57915	389	758	5
7	Chhattisgarh	33127	2614	927145	4471	13077	29
8	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	285	40	10011	54	4
9	Delhi	10178	862	1392386	1423	24299	62
10	Goa	11867	896	142031	1777	2671	22
11	Gujarat	29015	3330	771860	4869	9855	22
12	Haryana	16280	2300	733205	3453	8383	80
13	Himachal Pradesh	12407	1214	175663	2097	3181	38
14	Jammu and Kashmir	33276	1819	255145	3682	3939	32
15	Jharkhand	8058	849	325325	1449	5000	9
16	Karnataka	298320	15431	2290861	29271	29554	464
17	Kerala	202828	4551	2334502	24117	9009	194
18	Ladakh	1581	33	16979	120	190	1
19	Lakshadweep	1567	235	6566	324	33
20	Madhya Pradesh	20303	3087	752693	4120	8112	45
21	Maharashtra	233498	22680	5431319	35949	96198	854
22	Manipur	8942	151	41782	629	825	18
23	Meghalaya	6606	307	28867	760	592	14
24	Mizoram	3243	98	9347	133	44	4
25	Nagaland	4725	209	16744	374	385	9
26	Odisha	78914	2397	692027	11095	2791	37
27	Puducherry	10709	438	93173	1403	1550	14
28	Punjab	33444	2989	521663	5039	14649	99
29	Rajasthan	37477	5177	895033	6114	8450	65
30	Sikkim	3992	29	11377	334	257	4
31	Tamil Nadu	296131	5650	1802176	31673	24722	490
32	Telangana	33254	830	544294	3308	3296	15
33	Tripura	6248	299	45772	864	525	6
34	Uttarakhand	27216	1155	296762	2091	6497	45
35	Uttar Pradesh	32465	4579	1639572	5625	20672	175
36	West Bengal	78613	8435	1291510	17722	15678	137
Total#		1793645	101875	26179085	231456	335102	3207

Meanwhile, the government Tuesday asserted India will have enough COVID-19 vaccine doses to inoculate up to one crore people per day by mid-July or early August, the government asserted on Tuesday as it underlined that there is no shortage of jabs and called for patience citing the country's large population.

Noting that the ferocious second wave is on the verge of abating, the government said that ramping up of testing as well as containment at the district level "has worked" in bringing down the cases.

At the same time, it cautioned that while the easing of lockdown is imperative, it has to be done very slowly.

"Whatever we know from possible scenarios presented by eminent people, it (COVID) will decline and June will be much much better but the concerns are when we open up how do we behave because the virus has not gone anywhere," NITI Aayog member (Health) VK Paul said.

Addressing a press conference, ICMR Director-General Dr. Balram Bhargava said India's vaccination is being ramped up and "by December we hope to have the whole country vaccinated".