COVID-19: India logs 20,557 new cases, 40 deaths in past 24 hours; active cases at 1,45,654

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Highlights

The active cases comprise 0.33 per cent of the total infections
The national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.47 per cent
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,31,32,140

COVID-19 India cases today: India logged 20,557 new coronavirus infections taking the active cases to 1,45,654 according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday.

The active cases had been showing an upward trend since May 23.

The death toll climbed to 5,25,825 with 40 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.

The active cases comprise 0.33 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.47 per cent, the ministry said.

The daily positivity rate was recorded at 3.32 per cent and the weekly positivity rate at 4.57 per cent, according to the ministry.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,31,32,140 while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.20 per cent.

According to the ministry, 2,00,61,24,684 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide vaccination drive.

India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16.

It crossed the four-crore mark on January 25 this year.

S. No.	Name of State / UT	Active Cases*		Cured/Discharged/Migrated*		Deaths**
		Total	Change since yesterday	Cumulative	Change since yesterday	Cumulative	Change since yesterday
		Total	Change since yesterday	Cumulative	Change since yesterday	Cumulative	Death During Day (a)	Death Reconciled (b)	Total (a+b)
1	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	59	2	10142	8	129
2	Andhra Pradesh	2601	159	2309863	283	14733
3	Arunachal Pradesh	248	10	64436	46	296
4	Assam	4409	718	718495	43	8003	3		3
5	Bihar	2601	225	824394	140	12272	2		2
6	Chandigarh	543	19	93278	34	1165
7	Chhattisgarh	2834	92	1142445	372	14047	1		1
8	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	11		11496	1	4
9	Delhi	1886	88	1916213	464	26294	2		2
10	Goa	748	20	246186	92	3846	1		1
11	Gujarat	4768	8	1227605	604	10954
12	Haryana	2101	46	1010044	360	10632
13	Himachal Pradesh	2645	293	283677	271	4148
14	Jammu and Kashmir	1140	96	451285	55	4759	1		1
15	Jharkhand	1036	9	431552	127	5325
16	Karnataka	7680	111	3939617	997	40131
17	Kerala***	23475	558	6601397	2701	70284		5	5
18	Ladakh	75	9	28345	4	228
19	Lakshadweep	0		11360		52
20	Madhya Pradesh	1207	54	1034937	136	10746
21	Maharashtra	15162	363	7857314	1474	148026
22	Manipur	537	45	135375	45	2121
23	Meghalaya	216	16	92524	14	1595
24	Mizoram	1048	201	229172	481	706
25	Nagaland	65	6	34784	4	764
26	Odisha	5425	276	1285374	539	9129	1		1
27	Puducherry	1135	24	165798	87	1963
28	Punjab	1664	61	747101	164	17796	2		2
29	Rajasthan	1333	10	1280207	155	9573	1		1
30	Sikkim	571	34	39027	41	461
31	Tamil Nadu	16906	179	3465064	2402	38030
32	Telangana	4481	168	801726	708	4111
33	Tripura	1712	353	100269	124	924
34	Uttarakhand	1189	92	431024	25	7702
35	Uttar Pradesh	2560	221	2070655	461	23554
36	West Bengal	29583	1208	2021442	2651	21282	6		6
Total#		143654	610	43113623	16113	525785	17	5	25