India sees slight dip in daily COVID-19 infections, records 2.09 lakh new cases, 959 deaths in 24 hours

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New Delhi: India witnessed a slight dip in daily coronavirus infections with as many as 2,09,918 new cases reported in the last 24 hours, as per the latest bulleting shared by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW).

A total of 959 deaths and 2,62,628 recoveries were also reported during the same time, the health ministry said. With this, the daily COVID-19 positivity rate in the country has reached 15.77 per cent. 

The new cases pushed the country’s overall COVID-19 count to 4,13,02,440, while the death toll has surged to 4,95,050 as more people succumbed to the deadly virus in the last 24 hours.

Currently, the country has 18,31,268 active COVID-19 cases and comprises 4.43 per cent of the total infections. The recovery rate in India stands at 94.37 per cent, according to the health ministry.

S. No.
Name of State / UT
Active Cases*
Cured/Discharged/Migrated*
Deaths**

Total
Change since yesterday
Cumulative
Change since yesterday
Cumulative
Change since yesterday

Death During Day

(a)
Death Reconciled

(b)
Total (a+b)

1	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	402	47	9246	81	129
2	Andhra Pradesh	116031	606	2139854	9692	14606	12		12
3	Arunachal Pradesh	2948	195	58848	324	286
4	Assam	23795	6340	684358	7230	6442	20		20
5	Bihar	6558	1155	804274	2389	12221	4		4
6	Chandigarh	3452	367	84574	805	1118	3		3
7	Chhattisgarh	25734	619	1083602	1744	13834	10		10
8	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	101	16	11196	26	4
9	Delhi	21490	3310	1780172	6954	25827	30		30
10	Goa	9658	763	225066	1582	3682	7		7
11	Gujarat	91320	6701	1052222	16066	10438	30		30
12	Haryana	28837	1383	906846	5284	10286	17		17
13	Himachal Pradesh	9452	1	256631	779	3995	9		9
14	Jammu and Kashmir	40270	1949	387946	6557	4659	7		7
15	Jharkhand	6495	1248	416117	1981	5300
16	Karnataka	251114	1048	3495239	29244	38942	68		68
17	Kerala***	355314	18394	5574535	32701	53666	101	374	475
18	Ladakh	1212	49	24460	182	224
19	Lakshadweep	257	36	10747	60	52
20	Madhya Pradesh	63297	2745	885526	12041	10616	9		9
21	Maharashtra	231591	16621	7331806	39015	142572	50		50
22	Manipur	3976	42	126893	284	2041	3		3
23	Meghalaya	2353	66	87009	424	1522	4		4
24	Mizoram	14301	510	157584	1310	606	5		5
25	Nagaland	884	23	32722	68	735	20		20
26	Odisha	43952	4367	1193365	9191	8594	19		19
27	Puducherry	11027	1515	147792	2433	1928	5		5
28	Punjab	26791	2675	697180	5431	17214	24		24
29	Rajasthan	72289	2560	1118518	12600	9245	21		21
30	Sikkim	1110	205	36560	331	429	1		1
31	Tamil Nadu	203926	4424	3084470	26624	37544	38		38
32	Telangana	38723	1724	718241	4207	4086	1		1
33	Tripura	4307	823	95015	898	899	4		4
34	Uttarakhand	31165	81	381487	2260	7536	5		5
35	Uttar Pradesh	55574	4027	1934560	12080	23189	25		25
36	West Bengal	31562	6356	1941461	9750	20583	33		33
Total#		1831268	53669	38976122	262628	495050	585	374	959
*** For Kerala, as per State media bulletin: 101 deaths reported on 30th January + 374 deaths declared as per appeal G.O(Rt) No. 2110/2021/H&FWD
*(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

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 With 75 per cent of all adults fully vaccinated, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had on Sunday congratulated fellow citizens for this “momentous feat” and said he is proud of all those who are making the vaccination drive a success.