India logs 39,742 new COVID cases, 535 deaths in past 24 hours; active cases now at 4,08,212

coronavirus cases in india — Image Source : PTI
Bengaluru: A health worker collects samples of passengers for Covid-19 test at city railway station during Covid-induced lockdown

India recorded 39,742 new cases of the novel coronavirus, along with 535 deaths due to the infection in the past 24 hours. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Sunday, the country saw a total of 39,972 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery to 3,05,43,138. The active cases of COVID-19 in India are now at 4,08,212, the data showed. The total death toll in the country is now at 4,20,551.

A total of 43,31,50,864 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	17	2	7379	2	129
2	Andhra Pradesh	22939	632	1914177	2365	13223	14
3	Arunachal Pradesh	4357	41	40619	517	212	4
4	Assam	15942	263	534809	1869	5091	15
5	Bihar	582	15	714098	100	9635
6	Chandigarh	33	1	61075	2	809
7	Chhattisgarh	3046	195	984327	312	13508	1
8	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	41	5	10585	1	4
9	Delhi	573	12	1410164	69	25041	1
10	Goa	1307	69	165839	139	3126	3
11	Gujarat	345	25	814223	61	10076
12	Haryana	763	2	759325	38	9616	3
13	Himachal Pradesh	893	42	200483	127	3511	2
14	Jammu and Kashmir	1409	104	314620	166	4374	1
15	Jharkhand	299	6	341464	45	5122
16	Karnataka	24150	568	2831226	2243	36323	30
17	Kerala	135700	6319	3083962	11067	15871	132
18	Ladakh	67	16	20015	20	207	1
19	Lakshadweep	70	3	9991	7	49
20	Madhya Pradesh	172	13	781048	24	10512
21	Maharashtra	98120	607	6022485	5979	131205	167
22	Manipur	9939	456	78872	1725	1451	15
23	Meghalaya	4539	126	54356	411	1009	21
24	Mizoram	8107	363	22904	287	134	3
25	Nagaland	1251	14	25328	77	537	1
26	Odisha	17270	196	941204	2044	5377	69
27	Puducherry	918	37	117397	132	1786	3
28	Punjab	768	43	581634	105	16256	6
29	Rajasthan	327	33	944216	66	8952
30	Sikkim	2796	77	21473	179	329	1
31	Tamil Nadu	24816	710	2486192	2516	33862	24
32	Telangana	9729	128	626505	767	3778	4
33	Tripura	4003	248	71166	543	738	4
34	Uttarakhand	606	43	333675	54	7359
35	Uttar Pradesh	994	34	1684372	86	22748	5
36	West Bengal	12089	116	1491958	942	18056	16
Total#		408977	3464	30503166	35087	420016	546

Meanwhile, no death due to COVID-19 was recorded in Delhi on Saturday, while 66 fresh cases were reported with a positivity rate of 0.09 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department.

This is the second time since the starting of the second wave of the pandemic in the national capital that zero fatality has been logged in a day.

On July 18 too, no death was recorded, while 51 cases of COVID-19 were registered in the city.

Prior to that on March 2 this year, the national capital had reported zero death due to the virus. On that day, the number of single-day infections stood at 217 and the positivity rate was 0.33 per cent.

The second wave had swept the city during April-May period.

On Friday, the city had registered 58 cases and one fatality, while the positivity rate was 0.09 per cent.

The death toll in the city on Friday had stood at 25,041.