Jalandhar: A member of the family conducts final rites earlier than cremation of an individual who died of COVID-19, at crematorium as coronavirus cases surge
India on Tuesday recorded 3,29,942 new cases of the novel coronavirus, together with 3,876 deaths because of the an infection. According to the information shared by the Union Health Ministry, the nation noticed a complete of three,56,082 discharges within the final 24 hours, taking the full restoration toll to 1,90,27,304. The complete cases of COVID-19 in India have now mounted to 2,26,62,575, with 37,15,221 active cases, the information confirmed. The complete demise toll within the nation is now at 2,49,992. A complete of 17,27,10,066 folks have to this point been vaccinated towards COVID-19 in India.
India’s COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16.
It went previous 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the 1-crore mark on December 19.
India crossed the grim milestone of two crore on May 4.
| Name of State / UT | Active Cases* | Cured/Discharged/Migrated* | Deaths** | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Change since yesterday | Cumulative | Change since yesterday | Cumulative | Change since yesterday | ||
| 1 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 195 | 8 | 6125 | 37 | 78 | 2 |
| 2 | Andhra Pradesh | 189367 | 1265 | 1104431 | 16167 | 8791 | 84 |
| 3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 1955 | 22 | 18351 | 179 | 64 | 4 |
| 4 | Assam | 38847 | 1495 | 257571 | 4231 | 1753 | 77 |
| 5 | Bihar | 105104 | 5701 | 493189 | 15800 | 3357 | 75 |
| 6 | Chandigarh | 8653 | 142 | 41842 | 714 | 575 | 7 |
| 7 | Chhattisgarh | 125104 | 1443 | 727497 | 13138 | 10742 | 172 |
| 8 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 1202 | 118 | 7722 | 199 | 4 | |
| 9 | Delhi | 85258 | 974 | 1231297 | 13306 | 19663 | 319 |
| 10 | Goa | 32262 | 387 | 87659 | 2367 | 1729 | 50 |
| 11 | Gujarat | 136158 | 3456 | 547935 | 14931 | 8511 | 117 |
| 12 | Haryana | 113232 | 3635 | 509617 | 16192 | 5766 | 161 |
| 13 | Himachal Pradesh | 34417 | 1948 | 99427 | 2358 | 1938 | 53 |
| 14 | Jammu and Kashmir | 49951 | 703 | 167813 | 2855 | 2782 | 56 |
| 15 | Jharkhand | 57902 | 904 | 230646 | 6962 | 3982 | 129 |
| 16 | Karnataka | 571026 | 6521 | 1383285 | 32188 | 19372 | 596 |
| 17 | Kerala | 420076 | 3787 | 1504160 | 31209 | 5879 | 65 |
| 18 | Ladakh | 1447 | 4 | 13825 | 106 | 157 | 2 |
| 19 | Lakshadweep | 992 | 24 | 2980 | 124 | 10 | 1 |
| 20 | Madhya Pradesh | 111223 | 2310 | 563754 | 7324 | 6501 | 81 |
| 21 | Maharashtra | 593150 | 24920 | 4469425 | 61607 | 76398 | 549 |
| 22 | Manipur | 4604 | 324 | 30685 | 87 | 489 | 13 |
| 23 | Meghalaya | 3062 | 163 | 16834 | 241 | 233 | 5 |
| 24 | Mizoram | 1854 | 7 | 5920 | 165 | 22 | 1 |
| 25 | Nagaland | 2884 | 75 | 13249 | 48 | 150 | 10 |
| 26 | Odisha | 85107 | 308 | 457569 | 9706 | 2197 | 17 |
| 27 | Puducherry | 14169 | 135 | 57818 | 1108 | 988 | 23 |
| 28 | Punjab | 75800 | 1457 | 364170 | 6894 | 10704 | 198 |
| 29 | Rajasthan | 203017 | 2828 | 564352 | 13499 | 5825 | 160 |
| 30 | Sikkim | 2540 | 97 | 7215 | 141 | 169 | 2 |
| 31 | Tamil Nadu | 152389 | 7842 | 1240968 | 20904 | 15880 | 232 |
| 32 | Telangana | 62797 | 2960 | 436619 | 7754 | 2771 | 32 |
| 33 | Tripura | 3063 | 313 | 34682 | 150 | 413 | 3 |
| 34 | Uttarakhand | 74480 | 366 | 171438 | 5007 | 3896 | 168 |
| 35 | Uttar Pradesh | 225271 | 8710 | 1283754 | 29709 | 15742 | 278 |
| 36 | West Bengal | 126663 | 636 | 873480 | 18675 | 12461 | 134 |
| Total# | 3715221 | 30016 | 19027304 | 356082 | 249992 | 3876 | |
Meanwhile, the B-1617 variant of the coronavirus, first recognized in India, has been categorized as a “variant of concern” on the world degree by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, COVID-19 Technical Lead on the WHO, stated Monday that the B.1.617 virus variant that was first recognized in India had been categorized as a “variant of interest” by the WHO.
She stated the Epi group and WHO lab group has been discussing with the WHO virus evolution working group this variant and all the things that “we learn about it by way of transmissibility and any research which can be being executed in India in addition to in different nations the place this virus is circulating.
“In consultation with our virus evolution working group, and our Epi teams and our lab teams internally, there is some available information to suggest increased transmissibility of B-1617… as such we are classifying this as a variant of concern at the global level,” she stated.
