Coronavirus India: After showing downward trend for five days, India’s covid-19 figures again registered a major jump of over 64,000 in fresh cases  and over 1000 deaths in last 24 hours, signaling  that the guards should not be unfastened anytime now. Also Read | Coronavirus: Is Test Without Prescription Possible? Govt Likely To Revisit Strategy, May Allow 'On-Demand Testing' As Capacity Spikes As per the Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, a spike of 64,531 cases and 1092 deaths was reported in India, in the last 24 hours. The Covid-19 tally in the country rises to 27,67,274 including 6,76,514 active cases, 20,37,871 discharged/migrated & 52,889 deaths, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said. Also Read:  Even Mild Case Of Covid 19 Can Provide Lasting Immunity Says New Study On Tuesday, Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan called the coronavirus situation in the country "reassuring", with the daily infection rate, as well as the fatality rate, having shown a downward trend in the last five days, however, a steep rise was recorded again on Wednesday. "In the context of pandemic, this is a short time, but we must be satisfied that the results are showing. Both the parameters show a satisfactory situation but there is no reason for us to slacken our guard. We must be alert," he had said on Wednesday, analyzing data of the previous five days. Active cases less than 1/4th of total tally India’s active cases are less that one-fourth of the overall positive cases recorded so far. “An effectively implemented policy of "TEST,TRACK,TREAT" has ensured that the Active Cases are less than 1/4th of the total Covid-19 cases,” Ministry of Health has said. Higher number of recoveries & declining fatality has shown that India's graded strategy has worked, it had said. Also Read:Young People Causing Surge In Coronavirus Cases Warns WHO Vaccine hope: Alluding to vaccine development in the country, government has said that one of the three vaccine candidates would enter the third phase of the pre-clinical human trials by Wednesday. However, they did not reveal the names of the vaccine. India has currently three vaccine candidates for Covid-19 -- ChAdOx1, developed by Oxford University and manufactured jointly by the Serum Institute of India, Pune and AstraZeneca; Bharat Biotech's Covaxin, jointly developed with the Indian Council of Medical Research; and Zycov D by Zydus Cadila. Worst-hit states: Maharashtra remained the worst-hit state with a total of 6,15,477 cases and 20,687 deaths; followed by Tamil Nadu with 3,49,654 cases and 6,007 deaths. The southern state is followed by Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Bihar.
S. No States & Uts Active Cases Cured Cases Deaths
1 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 1078 1421 30
2 Andhra Pradesh 85130 218311 2820
3 Arunachal Pradesh 921 1949 5
4 Assam 23704 58294 203
5 Bihar 28692 80330 476
6 Chandigarh 1032 1243 30
7 Chhattisgarh 5828 10847 158
8 Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu 425 1524 2
9 Delhi 11068 139447 4226
10 Goa 3861 8356 116
11 Gujarat 14279 63703 2820
12 Haryana 7081 41298 557
13 Himachal Pradesh 1293 2923 19
14 Jammu and Kashmir 6879 21886 561
15 Jharkhand 8708 15507 262
16 Karnataka 79798 156949 4201
17 Kerala 16333 31390 175
18 Ladakh 598 1395 17
19 Madhya Pradesh 10521 35713 1141
20 Maharashtra 156920 437870 20687
21 Manipur 1958 2789 18
22 Meghalaya 766 685 6
23 Mizoram 481 379 0
24 Nagaland 1848 1664 8
25 Odisha 18856 45315 362
26 Puducherry 3364 4909 123
27 Punjab 11740 21762 898
28 Rajasthan 14119 48960 898
29 Sikkim 450 755 2
30 Tamil Nadu 53860 289787 6007
31 Telengana 20990 73991 719
32 Tripura 2083 5497 65
33 Uttarakhand 4073 8724 164
34 Uttar Pradesh 50242 109607 2585
35 West Bengal 27535 92690 2528
Total# 676514 2037870 52889
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