India logs 39,097 new COVID cases, 546 deaths in past 24 hours; recovery rate at 97.35 pc

India recorded 39,097 new cases of the novel coronavirus, along with 546 deaths due to the infection in the past 24 hours. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Saturday, the country saw a total of 35,087 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery to 3,05,03,166. The total cases of COVID-19 in India have now mounted to 3,13,32,159 with 4,08,977 active cases, the data showed. The total death toll in the country is now at 4,20,016. 

A total of 42,78,82,261 people have so far been vaccinated across the country. 

India’s COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7 last year, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16.

It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19 last year.

S. No.	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	19	1	7377	3	129
2	Andhra Pradesh	23571	368	1911812	2199	13209	12
3	Arunachal Pradesh	4398	14	40102	468	208	4
4	Assam	16205	488	532940	2262	5076	22
5	Bihar	597	7	713998	54	9635
6	Chandigarh	34	7	61073	9	809
7	Chhattisgarh	3241	143	984015	359	13507	1
8	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	36	2	10584	3	4
9	Delhi	585	19	1410095	29	25040	1
10	Goa	1376	37	165700	129	3123	5
11	Gujarat	370	19	814162	53	10076
12	Haryana	765	24	759287	47	9613	2
13	Himachal Pradesh	935	6	200356	119	3509	2
14	Jammu and Kashmir	1513	89	314454	172	4373	1
15	Jharkhand	305	10	341419	32	5122
16	Karnataka	24718	950	2828983	2572	36293	31
17	Kerala	129381	758	3072895	13454	15739	122
18	Ladakh	83	8	19995	10	206
19	Lakshadweep	67	4	9984	11	49
20	Madhya Pradesh	185		781024	17	10512
21	Maharashtra	97513	574	6016506	7756	131038	120
22	Manipur	10395	48	77147	868	1436	12
23	Meghalaya	4413	192	53945	307	988	14
24	Mizoram	7744	548	22617	295	131	4
25	Nagaland	1237	19	25251	61	536	1
26	Odisha	17466	329	939160	2210	5308	67
27	Puducherry	955	6	117265	72	1783	2
28	Punjab	811	58	581529	123	16250	4
29	Rajasthan	360	2	944150	22	8952	1
30	Sikkim	2719	103	21294	189	328	2
31	Tamil Nadu	25526	632	2483676	2475	33838	29
32	Telangana	9857	51	625738	696	3774	3
33	Tripura	4251	87	70623	594	734	2
34	Uttarakhand	649	6	333621	48	7359	2
35	Uttar Pradesh	1028	8	1684286	56	22743	4
36	West Bengal	12205	186	1491016	966	18040	13
Total#		405513	3881	30468079	38740	419470	483

Meanwhile, a hospital based in the American state of Maryland has donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and two continuous positive airway pressure therapy (CPAP) machines for COVID-19 relief in India, an Indian-American non-profit body has said.

Sewa International, USA received the medical consignment from MedStar Foundation during a recent event in Maryland. The consignment includes N-95 equivalent masks, face shields, gloves, goggles, and full-length PPE attire, a media release said on Friday.

Right after the event, the donated material was sent from Hyattsville, Maryland to Sewa International’s Atlanta, Georgia, warehouse in seven 18-wheeler trucks, it said.

“This is the largest in-kind Medical equipment donation Sewa has received from a hospital system in the US. Sewa is sending the PPE to Trinidad and Tobago and to a few countries in South America which are experiencing the second wave of COVID-19 cases. The CPAP machines will go to India,” said Professor Sree Sreenath, former president of Sewa International, who was present at the event.

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