School students getting vaccinated against COVID-19  |  Photo Credit: AP
New Delhi: The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday said that India reported 1,72,433 fresh COVID cases since Wednesday. The country’s death toll increased to 4,98,983 as 1,008 coronavirus patients lost their lives since yesterday.
The health ministry informed that there was an 8 per cent increase in new coronavirus infections. India’s COVID active cases stand at 15,33,921, the MoHFW data updated at 8 am showed.
The health ministry further informed that 2,59,107 patients recovered in the last 24 hours, taking the total recoveries to 3,97,70,414. The Recovery Rate currently stand at 95.14 per cent.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 10.99 per cent, while the weekly positivity rate was 12.98 per cent, according to the health ministry release.
The cumulative number of anti-Covid vaccine doses administered in the country so far has crossed 167.87 crore, as per the latest data available.
According to the health ministry, 73.41 crore COVID tests have been conducted so far, out of which 15,69,449 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours.
The Union health ministry further informed that over 165.02 crore (1,65,02,68,355) COVID vaccine doses have been provided to states/UTs so far. More than 11.07 crore (11,07,90,531) balance and unutilised COVID vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered, it said.
State-wise COVID count data:
| 1 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 335 | 30 | 9362 | 62 | 129 | |||
| 2 | Andhra Pradesh | 105930 | 4587 | 2162033 | 10795 | 14620 | 5 | 5 | |
| 3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 2497 | 338 | 59871 | 583 | 288 | 1 | 1 | |
| 4 | Assam | 20808 | 1166 | 690603 | 2632 | 6481 | 20 | 20 | |
| 5 | Bihar | 4724 | 358 | 807677 | 1180 | 12224 | 2 | 2 | |
| 6 | Chandigarh | 2844 | 384 | 85675 | 537 | 1125 | 3 | 3 | |
| 7 | Chhattisgarh | 21162 | 2375 | 1094073 | 5600 | 13869 | 16 | 16 | |
| 8 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 99 | 5 | 11234 | 25 | 4 | |||
| 9 | Delhi | 16548 | 2181 | 1790511 | 4837 | 25892 | 27 | 27 | |
| 10 | Goa | 7870 | 890 | 228247 | 1794 | 3699 | 6 | 6 | |
| 11 | Gujarat | 75464 | 8329 | 1083022 | 16629 | 10511 | 38 | 38 | |
| 12 | Haryana | 22749 | 2841 | 919357 | 5720 | 10320 | 15 | 15 | |
| 13 | Himachal Pradesh | 9672 | 391 | 259273 | 1005 | 4007 | 7 | 7 | |
| 14 | Jammu and Kashmir | 32558 | 3814 | 400935 | 6556 | 4683 | 9 | 9 | |
| 15 | Jharkhand | 4372 | 886 | 419497 | 1506 | 5303 | 2 | 2 | |
| 16 | Karnataka | 197755 | 46606 | 3587022 | 60914 | 39056 | 58 | 58 | |
| 17 | Kerala*** | 368580 | 10299 | 5653376 | 40383 | 55600 | 142 | 1063 | 1205 |
| 18 | Ladakh | 1104 | 17 | 24857 | 147 | 225 | 1 | 1 | |
| 19 | Lakshadweep | 245 | 9 | 10824 | 46 | 52 | |||
| 20 | Madhya Pradesh | 56294 | 4315 | 906826 | 10552 | 10624 | 6 | 6 | |
| 21 | Maharashtra | 195424 | 15815 | 7397352 | 30093 | 142705 | 94 | 94 | |
| 22 | Manipur | 3961 | 23 | 127572 | 346 | 2050 | 4 | 4 | |
| 23 | Meghalaya | 2232 | 81 | 87626 | 371 | 1529 | 3 | 3 | |
| 24 | Mizoram | 15338 | 249 | 161642 | 2318 | 615 | 6 | 6 | |
| 25 | Nagaland | 894 | 47 | 32894 | 73 | 736 | |||
| 26 | Odisha | 34384 | 4698 | 1209313 | 7767 | 8629 | 17 | 17 | |
| 27 | Puducherry | 9267 | 433 | 150689 | 1069 | 1935 | 4 | 4 | |
| 28 | Punjab | 20937 | 2689 | 706900 | 4247 | 17292 | 39 | 39 | |
| 29 | Rajasthan | 63036 | 3981 | 1140309 | 10173 | 9288 | 20 | 20 | |
| 30 | Sikkim | 852 | 79 | 36966 | 174 | 432 | 3 | 3 | |
| 31 | Tamil Nadu | 188599 | 9531 | 3135118 | 25592 | 37599 | 35 | 35 | |
| 32 | Telangana | 35625 | 1543 | 727045 | 4391 | 4091 | 2 | 2 | |
| 33 | Tripura | 2809 | 716 | 96732 | 798 | 913 | 8 | 8 | |
| 34 | Uttarakhand | 27295 | 2561 | 388369 | 4383 | 7564 | 18 | 18 | |
| 35 | Uttar Pradesh | 47198 | 7638 | 1953769 | 12263 | 23233 | 26 | 26 | |
| 36 | West Bengal | 22142 | 3567 | 1954736 | 5548 | 20652 | 33 | 33 | |
| Total# | 1621603 | 121456 | 39511307 | 281109 | 497975 | 670 | 1063 | 1733 | |