India logs 42,015 new COVID cases, 3,998 deaths in past 24 hours

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India recorded 42,015 new cases of the novel coronavirus, along with 3,998 deaths due to the infection in the past 24 hours. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Wednesday, the country saw a total of 36,977 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery to 3,03,90,687. The total cases of COVID-19 in India have now mounted to 3,12,16,337 with 4,07,170 active cases, the data showed. The total death toll in the country is now at 4,18,480.

A total of 41,54,72,455 people have so far been vaccinated across the country.

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.

S. No.	Name of State / UT	Active Cases*		Cured/Discharged/Migrated*		Deaths**
S. No.	Name of State / UT	Total	Change since yesterday	Cumulative	Change since yesterday	Cumulative	Change since yesterday
1	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	19	3	7368	3	129
2	Andhra Pradesh	23570	1138	1905000	2744	13154	22
3	Arunachal Pradesh	4260	49	38865	458	203	1
4	Assam	17454	361	526607	2138	5019	20
5	Bihar	680	45	713689	98	9630	1
6	Chandigarh	46	4	61038	8	809
7	Chhattisgarh	3469	250	983200	562	13500	4
8	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	24	6	10577	2	4
9	Delhi	567	25	1409968	58	25030	3
10	Goa	1436	126	165292	225	3111
11	Gujarat	443	50	813998	70	10076
12	Haryana	785	32	759179	56	9605	6
13	Himanchal Pradesh	969	38	200040	163	3507
14	Jammu and Kashmir	1773	146	313886	268	4365	1
15	Jharkhand	336	9	341287	53	5122	2
16	Karanataka	27550	1764	2821491	3015	36197	40
17	Kerala	122202	3333	3033258	13206	15408	58
18	Ladakh	99	4	19959	11	206
19	Lakshadweep	72	4	9955	8	49
20	Madhya Pradesh	202	17	780956	29	10512
21	Maharashtra	99709	7100	5993401	13051	127097	66
22	Manipur	9693	17	74511	741	1392	16
23	Meghalaya	4033	54	52787	323	955	10
24	Mizoram	6482	479	21688	325	125	3
25	Nagaland	1147	2	25067	62	530	2
26	Odisha	18192	658	932666	2248	5116	58
27	Puducherry	1041	83	116926	125	1778
28	Punjab	953	93	581197	142	16237	4
29	Rajasthan	435	37	944007	69	8951	1
30	Sikkim	2429	121	20896	136	324
31	Tamil Nadu	27282	615	2476339	2558	33752	28
32	Telangana	9836	12	623773	729	3764	5
33	Tripura	4391	77	69269	410	729	1
34	Uttarakhand	604	19	333525	52	7357	1
35	Uttar Pradesh	1188	74	1683968	102	22728	9
36	West Bengal	12759	352	1488077	1006	18011	12
Total#		406130	15535	30353710	45254	414482	374

Meanwhile, US President Joe Biden has said that even though the United States has seen a dramatic drop in the number of COVID-19 deaths due to its vaccination program, the country needs to remain vigilant about the Delta variant of coronavirus.

Stressing the need for people to get vaccinated, he said "virtually all" of the Covid deaths and hospitalisations are among the unvaccinated.

The highly contagious Delta variant, also known as B.1.617.2, was first detected in India in December and is spreading quickly across the globe.

In some parts of America, the Delta strain accounts for more than 80 per cent of new infections, including some Midwestern states like Missouri, Kansas and Iowa.

Earlier this month, the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had said that new Covid infections with the Delta variant account for 51.

7 per cent of the infections in the US.

Experts believe the Delta variant could be the most dominant strain in the country in the coming weeks. Local health officials say there is growing concern about the increasing number of adults and children getting infected with the Delta variant.

Biden further said the US is not just vaccinating itself but will also help the world.