Coronavirus in India: Marking a slight cut in its daily Covid-19 cases, India on Monday witnessed nearly 58,000 fresh cases in the last 24 hours, while 941 deaths were recorded. A day before, on Sunday, a spike of 63,489 cases and 944 deaths were reported. Also Read: Russia’s Sputnik V Vaccine To Enter Final Stage Of Testing In A Week, Mass Production To Begin Soon With the fresh increase, the overall Covid-19 tally in the country has breached 26-lakh mark and the death toll reached near 51,000-mark. As per the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the overall tally is now 26,47,664 including 6,76,900 active cases, 19,19,843 discharged/migrated & 50,921 deaths . Also Read: Why Indian Enterprises Must Sanitise Premises, Maintain Cleaning After Reopening? Total testing: India has touched a mark of 3 Crore till August 16, 2020. 3,00,41,400 samples tested up to 16th August for Covid-19. Of these, 7,31,697 samples were tested yesterday, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said. Positivity & fatality rate low because of enhanced testing: Ministry of health Focussing on timely and aggressive testing, India has exceeded 3 crore tests. Enhanced and timely testing is not only keeping the Positivity Rate low but also the Fatality Rate low, said the Ministry of Health Recovery rate: India’s recovery rate has improved further to 72.51% with 19,19,842 cured patients. The fatality rate has further dropped to 1.92% with 50,921 deaths so far. Total COVID-19 confirmed cases = Cured/Discharged/Migrated+Active cases+Deaths State-wise data: Maharashtra remained the worst-hit state with a total of 5,95,865 cases and 20,037 deaths; followed by Tamil Nadu with 3,38,055 cases and 5,766 deaths. The southern state is followed by Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Delhi, and Uttar Pradesh. Check state-wise data as per the MoHFW.
S. No States & UTs Active Cases Cured Fatalities
1 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 1145 1226 28
2 Andhra Pradesh 85945 201234 2650
3 Arunachal Pradesh 888 1808 5
4 Assam 21471 55215 189
5 Bihar 31059 72324 461
6 Chandigarh 936 1137 29
7 Chhattisgarh 5095 10235 141
8 Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu 445 1431 2
9 Delhi 10823 137561 4196
10 Goa 3760 7775 104
11 Gujarat 14383 61512 2785
12 Haryana 7014 39601 538
13 Himachal Pradesh 1417 2720 19
14 Jammu and Kashmir 6985 20943 542
15 Jharkhand 8112 14699 244
16 Karnataka 81528 141491 3947
17 Kerala 15365 28894 156
18 Ladakh 578 1356 14
19 Madhya Pradesh 10312 34038 1105
20 Maharashtra 158705 417123 20037
21 Manipur 1921 2632 16
22 Meghalaya 693 675 6
23 Mizoram 418 371 0
24 Nagaland 1964 1422 8
25 Odisha 17430 42277 343
26 Puducherry 3179 4443 110
27 Punjab 10963 19431 812
28 Rajasthan 13816 46604 876
29 Sikkim 493 673 1
30 Tamil Nadu 54019 278270 5766
31 Telengana 21420 70132 703
32 Tripura 1859 5286 59
33 Uttarakhand 3923 8100 152
34 Uttar Pradesh 51537 100432 2449
35 West Bengal 27299 86771 2428
Total 676900 1919842 50921