COVID-19 Update: India recorded 12,591 new Covid cases in a day, the highest in nearly eight months, while active cases rose to 65,286, the Union Health Ministry data said today (April 20). The death toll has risen to 5,31,230 with 40 deaths, including 11 by Kerala.
The total number of Covid cases was recorded at 4.48 crore. The daily positivity rate was 5.46 per cent and the weekly positivity rate was 5.32 per cent.
Active Case Tally:
Active cases now comprise 0.15 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate stood at 98.67 per cent, according to the health ministry’s website. The number of people who have recovered from the disease has increased to 4,42,61, 476, while the death rate has been recorded at 1.18 percent.
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Vaccination Data:
According to the Ministry’s website, 220.66 crore doses of Kovid vaccine have been given so far in the country under the nationwide Kovid-19 vaccination campaign.
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| Sl.No. | State/UT Name | active case | cured/discharged/migrated | deaths | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | change from tomorrow | cumulative | change from tomorrow | cumulative | |||||||
| death during the day | |||||||||||
| 1 | Andaman and Nicobar islands | 4 | 1 | 10631 | 1 | 129 | |||||
| 2 | Andhra Pradesh | 439 | 49 | 2324867 | 52 | 14733 | |||||
| 3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 9 | 4 | 66597 | 296 | ||||||
| 4 | Assam | 10 | 738070 | 8035 | |||||||
| 5 | A state in Eastern India | 666 | 57 | 839604 | 81 | 12305 | |||||
| 6 | Chandigarh | 277 | 11 | 98620 | 44 | 1184 | |||||
| 7 | Chattisgarh | 2776 | 292 | 1164945 | 326 | 14162 | 1 | ||||
| 8 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 0 | 11588 | 4 | |||||||
| 9 | Delhi | 6046 | 332 | 1994924 | 1429 | 26578 | 6 | ||||
| 10 | Goa* | 514 | 42 | 257261 | 121 | 4014 | |||||
| 11 | Gujarat | 2091 | 58 | 1274958 | 381 | 11072 | |||||
| 12 | Haryana | 4891 | 333 | 1052462 | 767 | 10724 | 2 | ||||
| 13 | Himachal Pradesh | 1672 | 117 | 313829 | 431 | 4233 | 1 | ||||
| 14 | Jammu and Kashmir | 639 | 84 | 475692 | 140 | 4789 | |||||
| 15 | Jharkhand | 264 | 38 | 437413 | 13 | 5333 | |||||
| 16 | Karnataka | 1962 | 94 | 4040819 | 410 | 40341 | 2 | ||||
| 17 | Kerala*** | 19398 | 283 | 6784540 | 3387 | 71718 | 2 | ||||
| 18 | Ladakh | 26 | 2 | 29286 | 6 | 231 | |||||
| 19 | Lakshadweep | 0 | 11363 | 52 | |||||||
| 20 | Madhya Pradesh | 331 | 9 | 1044686 | 57 | 10780 | 1 | ||||
| 21 | Maharashtra | 6102 | 16 | 8003802 | 1112 | 148489 | 4 | ||||
| 22 | Manipur | 7 | 137791 | 2149 | |||||||
| 23 | Meghalaya | 12 | 95183 | 2 | 1625 | ||||||
| 24 | Mizoram | 11 | 238243 | 726 | |||||||
| 25 | Nagaland | 3 | 35210 | 782 | |||||||
| 26 | Odisha | 2177 | 202 | 1328843 | 185 | 9208 | |||||
| 27 | Puducherry | 500 | 3 | 174614 | 85 | 1980 | 1 | ||||
| 28 | Punjab ** | 1767 | 196 | 767090 | 270 | 19304 | |||||
| 29 | Rajasthan Rajasthan | 3201 | 343 | 1307678 | 245 | 9686 | 1 | ||||
| 30 | Sikkim | 75 | 43945 | 14 | 500 | ||||||
| 31 | Tamil Nadu | 3563 | 108 | 3562183 | 432 | 38059 | 2 | ||||
| 32 | Telangana | 292 | 11 | 838702 | 39 | 4111 | |||||
| 33 | Tripura | 15 | 4 | 107094 | 940 | ||||||
| 34 | Uttarakhand | 369 | 19 | 442820 | 127 | 7761 | 1 | ||||
| 35 | Uttar Pradesh | 4298 | 290 | 2108419 | 613 | 23663 | 4 | ||||
| 36 | West Bengal | 879 | 122 | 2097704 | 57 | 21534 | 1 | ||||
| Total# | 65286 | 1724 | 44261476 | 10827 | 531230 | 29 | |||||
| *Kerala- “2 (two) new deaths were recorded during the last 24 hours. A total of 11 resolved deaths (as per ICMR guidelines and occurring within 90 days after the date of death) were reported. | |||||||||||
| **Punjab – Active cases and recoveries updated after collation of Punjab data – Mortality data is under further collation. The number of active cases is 1767. | |||||||||||
| ***Odisha – Active cases updated after reconciliation of data. Further collation of mortality figures is underway. The number of active cases is 2177. | |||||||||||
| ***Assam – State-reported Covid data is awaited. | |||||||||||