India logs 43,654 new COVID cases, 640 deaths in past 24 hours
India recorded 43,654 fresh COVID-19 cases on Wednesday that took its tally to 3,14,84,605 while 640 more fatalities pushed the death toll to 4,22,022, according to Union health ministry data. The number of active cases stood at 3,99,436, an increase of 1,336 in a span of 24 hours, and comprises 1.27 per cent of the total infections. The national COVID-19 recovery rate has improved to 97.39 per cent, the data updated at 8 am showed.
As many as 17,36,857 COVID-19 tests were conducted on Monday, taking the total number of tests conducted so far to 46,09,00,978.
The daily positivity rate increased to 2.51 per cent from 1.73 per cent on Tuesday. The weekly positivity rate stood at 2.36 per cent, the data showed.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 3,06,63,147, while the case fatality rate stands at 1.34 per cent, it stated.
The total number of Covid vaccine doses administered so far as part of the nationwide vaccination drive has reached 44.61 crore.
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.
The caseload crossed the grim milestone of 2 crore on May 4 and 3 crore on June 23.
| S. No. | Name of State / UT | Active Cases* | Cured/Discharged/Migrated* | Deaths** | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Change since yesterday | Cumulative | Change since yesterday | Cumulative | Change since yesterday | ||
| 1 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 14 | 1 | 7387 | 2 | 129 | |
| 2 | Andhra Pradesh | 21748 | 407 | 1921371 | 2017 | 13273 | 17 |
| 3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 4319 | 53 | 41820 | 435 | 218 | 2 |
| 4 | Assam | 14929 | 328 | 539928 | 1830 | 5162 | 26 |
| 5 | Bihar | 468 | 34 | 714423 | 93 | 9639 | |
| 6 | Chandigarh | 36 | 3 | 61086 | 1 | 809 | |
| 7 | Chhattisgarh | 2518 | 220 | 985324 | 411 | 13517 | 1 |
| 8 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 45 | 1 | 10588 | 1 | 4 | |
| 9 | Delhi | 537 | 42 | 1410368 | 80 | 25044 | 1 |
| 10 | Goa | 1137 | 21 | 166308 | 107 | 3136 | 4 |
| 11 | Gujarat | 312 | 18 | 814356 | 49 | 10076 | |
| 12 | Haryana | 711 | 4 | 759437 | 32 | 9622 | 3 |
| 13 | Himachal Pradesh | 858 | 17 | 200826 | 120 | 3516 | 2 |
| 14 | Jammu and Kashmir | 1200 | 88 | 315184 | 189 | 4375 | 1 |
| 15 | Jharkhand | 246 | 8 | 341613 | 45 | 5124 | |
| 16 | Karnataka | 23080 | 362 | 2836678 | 1937 | 36405 | 31 |
| 17 | Kerala | 137318 | 3461 | 3129628 | 14912 | 16170 | 135 |
| 18 | Ladakh | 70 | 3 | 20032 | 6 | 207 | |
| 19 | Lakshadweep | 82 | 6 | 10010 | 6 | 49 | |
| 20 | Madhya Pradesh | 140 | 8 | 781104 | 14 | 10512 | |
| 21 | Maharashtra | 92088 | 6253 | 6046106 | 11077 | 131605 | 53 |
| 22 | Manipur | 10524 | 57 | 81645 | 1037 | 1487 | 9 |
| 23 | Meghalaya | 5084 | 77 | 55648 | 485 | 1031 | 7 |
| 24 | Mizoram | 9504 | 239 | 23811 | 239 | 137 | |
| 25 | Nagaland | 1256 | 29 | 25561 | 80 | 545 | 3 |
| 26 | Odisha | 16230 | 629 | 947381 | 2204 | 5574 | 62 |
| 27 | Puducherry | 909 | 13 | 117718 | 98 | 1790 | 1 |
| 28 | Punjab | 637 | 62 | 581925 | 96 | 16278 | 12 |
| 29 | Rajasthan | 298 | 15 | 944310 | 33 | 8952 | |
| 30 | Sikkim | 2970 | 47 | 22038 | 225 | 331 | 1 |
| 31 | Tamil Nadu | 22762 | 602 | 2493583 | 2361 | 33937 | 26 |
| 32 | Telangana | 9325 | 80 | 628679 | 715 | 3787 | 3 |
| 33 | Tripura | 3684 | 21 | 72566 | 434 | 747 | 3 |
| 34 | Uttarakhand | 638 | 1 | 333781 | 53 | 7359 | |
| 35 | Uttar Pradesh | 857 | 11 | 1684601 | 64 | 22750 | |
| 36 | West Bengal | 11566 | 230 | 1494645 | 875 | 18085 | 12 |
| Total# | 398100 | 13089 | 30621469 | 42363 | 421382 | 415 | |
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.
Meanwhile in the national capital, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) said it recorded around 16.9 lakh passenger journeys till 8 pm on Tuesday, after trains were allowed to run with full seating capacity.
Journey or line utilisation is calculated by the number of corridors passengers use to reach their destinations.
In view of the improved coronavirus situation, the Delhi Metro services began running with full seating capacity from Monday, but there is still no provision for standing travel for commuters.
Till Sunday, DMRC had been running trains with 50 per cent seating capacity since June 7 when the services resumed after a long hiatus.
Flying squads were deputed across corridors to check Covid norm violations, and till 8 PM on Tuesday, 292 passengers were deboarded from trains, officials said, adding 263 passengers were penalised.
