The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Wednesday informed that 8,909 fresh cases of the novel coronavirus have been reported in the last 24 hours ending at 8 am on Wednesday. This is the biggest single-day rise in the number of coronavirus cases in the country that has officially taken India’s COVID-19 case tally beyond the 2 lakh-mark.
With the addition of the fresh cases, the total COVID-19 tally stands at 2,07,615. Also, 217 deaths due to the deadly virus have been reported in the past 24 hours that has taken the country’s death toll to 5,815.
According to the latest data of the ministry, the total number of cases in India now includes 1,01,497 active cases, while 1,00,303 have recovered and discharged.
Maharashtra continues to be the worst affected state with over 72,000 cases of coronavirus and 2,465 deaths. At 24,586 cases, Tamil Nadu follows Maharashtra in terms of total coronavirus cases. Delhi is third on the list with 22,132 cases, followed by Gujarat with 17,617 cases.
| S. No. | Name of State / UT | Active Cases | Cured/Discharged/Migrated | Deaths | Total Confirmed cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 0 | 33 | 0 | 33 |
| 2 | Andhra Pradesh | 1413 | 2421 | 64 | 3898 |
| 3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 21 | 1 | 0 | 22 |
| 4 | Assam | 1185 | 324 | 4 | 1513 |
| 5 | Bihar | 2185 | 1946 | 24 | 4155 |
| 6 | Chandigarh | 82 | 214 | 5 | 301 |
| 7 | Chhattisgarh | 433 | 130 | 1 | 564 |
| 8 | Dadar Nagar Haveli | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Delhi | 12333 | 9243 | 556 | 22132 |
| 10 | Goa | 22 | 57 | 0 | 79 |
| 11 | Gujarat | 4631 | 11894 | 1092 | 17617 |
| 12 | Haryana | 1560 | 1069 | 23 | 2652 |
| 13 | Himachal Pradesh | 200 | 140 | 5 | 345 |
| 14 | Jammu and Kashmir | 1732 | 953 | 33 | 2718 |
| 15 | Jharkhand | 387 | 320 | 5 | 712 |
| 16 | Karnataka | 2341 | 1403 | 52 | 3796 |
| 17 | Kerala | 774 | 627 | 11 | 1412 |
| 18 | Ladakh | 33 | 47 | 1 | 81 |
| 19 | Madhya Pradesh | 2835 | 5221 | 364 | 8420 |
| 20 | Maharashtra | 38502 | 31333 | 2465 | 72300 |
| 21 | Manipur | 75 | 14 | 0 | 89 |
| 22 | Meghalaya | 14 | 12 | 1 | 27 |
| 23 | Mizoram | 12 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| 24 | Nagaland | 49 | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| 25 | Odisha | 913 | 1325 | 7 | 2245 |
| 26 | Puducherry | 57 | 25 | 0 | 82 |
| 27 | Punjab | 279 | 2017 | 46 | 2342 |
| 28 | Rajasthan | 2735 | 6435 | 203 | 9373 |
| 29 | Sikkim | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 30 | Tamil Nadu | 10683 | 13706 | 197 | 24586 |
| 31 | Telangana | 1273 | 1526 | 92 | 2891 |
| 32 | Tripura | 295 | 173 | 0 | 468 |
| 33 | Uttarakhand | 784 | 252 | 7 | 1043 |
| 34 | Uttar Pradesh | 3109 | 5030 | 222 | 8361 |
| 35 | West Bengal | 3423 | 2410 | 335 | 6168 |
| Cases being reassigned to states | 7123 | 7123 | |||
| Total | 101497 | 100303 | 5815 | 207615 |
On Tuesday, India recorded 8,171 COVID-19 cases and 204 deaths, taking the country’s tally to 1,98,706 and the death toll to 5,598.
415 new cases, 29 deaths take Guj COVID-19 numbers to 17,632; fatalities at 1092
