Coronavirus: With Over 55K New Cases, India's Overall Tally Surpasses 27-Lakh; Check State-Wise Figure

Coronavirus India: The Covid-19 tally in the country rises to 27,02,743 including 6,73,166 active cases, 19,77,780 discharged/migrated and 51,797 deaths, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has stated.

India reported highest ever single day COVID-19 recoveries of 57,584 patients, the ministry of health said. (Photo by Prakash SINGH / AFP)

Coronavirus India: India on Tuesday recorded over 55000 fresh Covid-19 cases and 876 deaths in the last 24 hours, adding another lakh to its overall tally. The overall positive cases count in India has now crossed 27-lakh. As per the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, a spike of 55,079 cases and 876 deaths reported in India, in the last 24 hours. The Covid-19 tally in the country rises to 27,02,743 including 6,73,166 active cases, 19,77,780 discharged/migrated and 51,797 deaths, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has stated. Total testing in India 3,09,41,264 samples tested up to 17th August for Covid-19,of these, 8,99,864 samples were tested yesterday, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said. Earlier, Ministry of health highlighted a new peak was achieved in testing in last 24 hours with 8.9 lakh tests. It highlighted that despite suchhigh testing, the p[positivity count in ;ast 24 hours was as low as 8.81%. “A new peak of 8.97 lakh Covid-19 tests done in the last 24 hours. Even with such a high level of testing, the positivity has remained low, 8.81% compared to the weekly national average, 8.84%”, said the Ministry of Health. A look at India’s recovery rate: India’s recovery rate raced beyond 72% on Monday, the day record recoveries were registered. India reported highest ever single day COVID-19 recoveries of 57,584 patients, the ministry of health said.

S. No	States & Uts	Active	Cured	Deaths
1	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	1091	1325	29
2	Andhra Pradesh	84777	209100	2732
3	Arunachal Pradesh	843	1893	5
4	Assam	22736	56734	197
5	Bihar	29387	76452	468
6	Chandigarh	1003	1183	30
7	Chhattisgarh	5277	10598	150
8	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	447	1459	2
9	Delhi	10852	138301	4214
10	Goa	3825	8058	111
11	Gujarat	14315	62595	2800
12	Haryana	6880	40610	550
13	Himachal Pradesh	1321	2834	19
14	Jammu and Kashmir	7048	21296	548
15	Jharkhand	8451	15051	250
16	Karnataka	80659	148562	4062
17	Kerala	15946	30025	169
18	Ladakh	584	1368	14
19	Madhya Pradesh	10232	35025	1128
20	Maharashtra	155579	428514	20265
21	Manipur	1936	2734	17
22	Meghalaya	733	679	6
23	Mizoram	417	372	0
24	Nagaland	1917	1530	8
25	Odisha	18161	43780	353
26	Puducherry	3288	4627	114
27	Punjab	11653	20180	863
28	Rajasthan	14089	47654	887
29	Sikkim	485	701	1
30	Tamil Nadu	54122	283937	5886
31	Telengana	21024	72202	711
32	Tripura	1943	5404	62
33	Uttarakhand	3850	8485	158
34	Uttar Pradesh	50893	104808	2515
35	West Bengal	27402	89703	2473
Total#		673166	1977779	51797