At 1.27 lakh, India logs lowest daily new COVID cases in 54 days; recovery rate surges to 92.09 per cent

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Bengaluru: A medic collects a swab sample from a man for the Covid-19 testing

India on Tuesday recorded 1,27,510 new cases of the novel coronavirus, along with 2,795 deaths due to the infection. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry, the country saw a total of 2,55,287 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery to 2,59,47,629. The total cases of COVID-19 in India have now mounted to 2,81,75,044, with 18,95,520 active cases, the data showed. The total death toll in the country is now at 3,31,895. A total of 21,60,46,638 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	171	16	6719	36	115	1
2	Andhra Pradesh	153795	12000	1528360	19845	10930	98
3	Arunachal Pradesh	3755	28	23402	350	115
4	Assam	53041	754	354810	5037	3365	65
5	Bihar	16236	2142	685362	3196	5163	59
6	Chandigarh	1767	367	57526	483	753	8
7	Chhattisgarh	35741	3520	922674	5651	13048	32
8	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	325	14	9957	44	4
9	Delhi	11040	1060	1390963	1622	24237	86
10	Goa	12763	1247	140254	1825	2649	24
11	Gujarat	32345	3058	766991	4721	9833	18
12	Haryana	18580	2507	729752	3671	8303	82
13	Himachal Pradesh	13621	1319	173566	2168	3143	16
14	Jammu and Kashmir	35095	2582	251463	4070	3907	37
15	Jharkhand	8907	999	323876	1816	4991	14
16	Karnataka	313751	28280	2261590	44473	29090	411
17	Kerala	207379	16741	2310385	28867	8815	174
18	Ladakh	1614	59	16859	105	189	1
19	Lakshadweep	1802	204	6242	352	33	1
20	Madhya Pradesh	23390	3866	748573	5023	8067	48
21	Maharashtra	256178	18423	5395370	33000	95344	500
22	Manipur	8791	309	41153	546	807	14
23	Meghalaya	6913	583	28107	977	578	14
24	Mizoram	3145	111	9214	199	40	2
25	Nagaland	4934	115	16370	219	376	13
26	Odisha	81311	2127	680932	10405	2754	35
27	Puducherry	11147	1020	91770	1629	1536	18
28	Punjab	36433	2830	516624	4904	14550	118
29	Rajasthan	42654	6570	888919	8000	8385	68
30	Sikkim	4021	60	11043	83	253	3
31	Tamil Nadu	301781	3765	1770503	31223	24232	478
32	Telangana	34084	958	540986	3464	3281	18
33	Tripura	6547	10	44908	845	519	6
34	Uttarakhand	28371	1986	294671	3091	6452	51
35	Uttar Pradesh	37044	4170	1633947	5491	20497	151
36	West Bengal	87048	7850	1273788	17856	15541	131
Total#		1895520	130572	25947629	255287	331895	2795

Meanwhile, British health authorities are aiming to vaccinate 15,000 people in one day at London's Twickenham rugby stadium as part of a race to contain a fast-spreading coronavirus variant.

The strain, first identified in India, accounts for a majority of new cases in the UK, which is seeing a rise in infections after weeks of decline.

Scientists say the variant is more transmissible than even the previously dominant strain first found in the UK but current vaccines are effective against it.

Many scientists are urging the Conservative government to delay plans to lift social distancing and other restrictions on June 21, arguing that more people need to be vaccinated before measures can be eased safely.

The government will announce its decision on June 14.