MUMBAI: Health workers vaccinate beneficiaries against COVID-19 at a vaccination center at Nair Hospital in Mumbai, on Monday, August 23, 2021.
With 354 deaths due to the infection in the last 24 hours, India recorded 25,467 new cases of the novel coronavirus. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday, there were a total of 39,486 discharges in the last 24 hours in the country, taking the total recovery rate to around 97.63 per cent and the total recoveries to 3,17,20,112.
Ministry data shows that the total active cases of COVID-19 in India has now come down to 3,19,551, the lowest in 154 days. The total death toll in the country now stands at 4,35,110. In India, the first death due to the COVID pandemic was reported in March 2020.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 50,93,91,792 samples have been tested for COVID-19 till August 23. Of these, 16,47,526 samples were tested on Monday.
| serial number | State/Union Territory Name | Active Case* | OK/Discharge/Migrate* | Deaths** | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | change from yesterday | cumulative | change from yesterday | cumulative | change from yesterday | ||
| 1 | Andaman and Nicobar islands | 8 | 1 | 7420 | 1 | 129 | |
| 2 | Andra Pradesh | 14677 | 464 | 1973940 | 1541 | 13723 | 8 |
| 3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 1260 | 122 | 50695 | 169 | 259 | 2 |
| 4 | Assam | 8011 | 213 | 570847 | 539 | 5576 | 10 |
| 5 | A state in Eastern India | 141 | 6 | 715798 | 26 | 9649 | |
| 6 | Chandigarh | 41 | 3 | 64213 | 3007 | 812 | |
| 7 | Chattisgarh | 863 | 34 | 989728 | 60 | 13553 | 1 |
| 8 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 4 | 10651 | 4 | |||
| 9 | Delhi | 398 | 32 | 1411840 | 56 | 25079 | |
| 10 | Goa | 899 | 16 | 169080 | 91 | 3185 | 1 |
| 1 1 | Gujarat | 182 | 2 | 815041 | 17 | 10079 | |
| 12 | Haryana | 676 | 1 | 760004 | 14 | 9667 | 1 |
| 13 | Himachal Pradesh | 2074 | 202 | 206103 | 310 | 3569 | 6 |
| 14 | Jammu and Kashmir | 1165 | 6 | 318635 | 100 | 4402 | 1 |
| 15 | Jharkhand | 177 | 36 | 342421 | 41 | 5132 | |
| 16 | Karnataka | 20582 | 289 | 2880889 | 1456 | 37145 | 22 |
| 17 | Kerala | 163745 | 15250 | 3631066 | 25586 | 19494 | 66 |
| 18 | Ladakh | 61 | 7 | 20223 | 7 | 207 | |
| 19 | Lakshadweep | 23 | 3 | 10235 | 4 | 51 | |
| 20 | Madhya Pradesh | 86 | 2 | 781499 | 6 | 10516 | 1 |
| 21 | Maharashtra | 56690 | 784 | 6231999 | 4780 | 135962 | 145 |
| 22 | Manipur | 3994 | 145 | 105197 | 426 | 1751 | 4 |
| 23 | Meghalaya | 3062 | 74 | 69425 | 382 | 1278 | 9 |
| 24 | Mizoram | 5982 | 586 | 46290 | 872 | 200 | 6 |
| 25 | Nagaland | 975 | 19 | 28004 | 53 | 610 | 1 |
| 26 | Orissa | 8277 | 294 | 985302 | 1078 | 7358 | 69 |
| 27 | Puducherry | 847 | 61 | 120237 | 121 | 1808 | |
| 28 | Punjab | 488 | 5 | 583426 | 46 | 16352 | |
| 29 | Rajasthan Rajasthan | 152 | 15 | 944917 | 20 | 8954 | |
| 30 | Sikkim | 1583 | 47 | 27366 | 116 | 365 | 1 |
| 31 | Tamil Nadu | 19171 | 220 | 2547005 | 1827 | 34709 | 23 |
| 32 | Telangana | 6384 | 224 | 644747 | 453 | 3858 | 2 |
| 33 | Tripura | 1095 | 154 | 80213 | 197 | 787 | 2 |
| 34 | Uttarakhand | 317 | 4 | 335055 | 16 | 7377 | |
| 35 | Uttar Pradesh | 373 | 34 | 1685954 | 53 | 22792 | |
| 36 | West Bengal | 9461 | 133 | 1515161 | 686 | 18364 | 8 |
| Total# | 333924 | 19474 | 31680626 | 44157 | 434756 | 389 | |
| *(including foreign nationals) | |||||||
| **(more than 70% of cases due to comorbidities) | |||||||
| #State wise distribution is subject to further verification and conciliation | |||||||
| #Our data is being matched with ICMR | |||||||
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