India's active Covid cases below 4 lakh, overall tally nears 97 lakh-mark

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India records nearly 33,000 new Covid cases, 391 deaths; tally over 96.77 lakh

India detected 32,981 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of active coronavirus cases in the country to 3,96,729, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed on Monday. With 39,109 new recoveries, the number of overall recovered COVID-19 patients stand at 91,39,901, pushing the recovery rate to 94.37 per cent today.

The overall COVID-19 cases reached 96,77,203, including 3,96,729 active cases and 91,39,901 recoveries. With 391 new deaths, the cumulative toll mounted to 1,40,573.

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India's active Covid-19 cases below 4 lakh

Active cases below 4 lakh after falling for 10 straight days
Active cases fall by 6,519 to lowest level since July 20
Last 24 hours saw testing of 8.01 lakh vs previous day’s 11.01 lakh
Single-day testing of 8.01 lakh is at lowest level in 15 days
Rise in deaths over last 24 hours below 400 for 1st time since June; they’re at 391
Additions to total cases less than recoveries for 10th straight day
Last 24 hours saw an addition of 32,981 vs recoveries of 39,109
Recovery rate near 94%, it’s at 94.45% vs yesterday’s 94.37%
Death rate remains at 1.45% for 8th consecutive day
Total cases at 96.77 lakh, active 3.96 lakh, recoveries 91.39 lakh and deaths 1.40 lakh

	Coronavirus cases in India
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	73	3	4624	8	61
2	Andhra Pradesh	5910	256	859029	914	7033	9
3	Arunachal Pradesh	735	13	15605	24	55
4	Assam	3552	9	209214	84	993	4
5	Bihar	5563	67	231248	618	1295	3
6	Chandigarh	922	39	16814	60	291	2
7	Chhattisgarh	20048	515	223772	702	2989	12
8	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	14	1	3326		2
9	Delhi	24693	1985	557914	4622	9643	69
10	Goa	1364	20	46624	131	698	1
11	Gujarat	14695	47	200012	1485	4081	17
12	Haryana	12897	413	228411	1887	2588	24
13	Himachal Pradesh	8269	22	35957	520	732	11
14	Jammu and Kashmir	5170	161	106372	366	1746	4
15	Jharkhand	1796	49	107496	134	986	7
16	Karnataka	25400	422	855750	889	11856	10
17	Kerala	61063	468	572911	5217	2418	28
18	Ladakh	856	28	7917	81	120
19	Madhya Pradesh	13391	141	197777	1585	3337	11
20	Maharashtra	81162	2769	1723370	7486	47734	40
21	Manipur	2919	16	22848	193	306	7
22	Meghalaya	664	10	11453	61	120	2
23	Mizoram	202	18	3728	20	6
24	Nagaland	547	33	10766	5	66	1
25	Odisha	3585	183	315840	570	1771	6
26	Puducherry	372	47	36238	62	614
27	Punjab	7896	169	143414	623	4916	10
28	Rajasthan	22427	749	255729	2818	2429	20
29	Sikkim	387	20	4695	9	115
30	Tamil Nadu	10688	194	767759	1498	11793	16
31	Telengana	7778	347	264606	862	1474	2
32	Tripura	414	37	32110	42	373	1
33	Uttarakhand	5223	47	71489	373	1285	4
34	Uttar Pradesh	22160	85	524860	1993	7924	24
35	West Bengal	23894	70	470223	3167	8723	46
Total#		396729	6519	9139901	39109	140573	391
*(Including foreign Nationals)
**( more than 70% cases due to comorbidities )
#States wise distribution is subject to further verification and reconciliation
#Our figures are being reconciled with ICMR

Meanwhile, the serum Institute of India Sunday became the first indigenous company to seek emergency use authorization for its Oxford Covid-19 vaccine candidate, Covishield. The pune-based institute in collaboration with ICMR is conducting its phase-3 trials of the Oxford-AstraZeneca candidate. This comes a day after US pharmaceutical giant, Pfizer asked for an emergency use of its vaccine candidate.

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