India logs 1.14 lakh new COVID cases, lowest in 60 days; active cases drop below 15 lakh

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India on Sunday recorded 1,14,460 new cases of the novel coronavirus, along with 2677 deaths due to the infection. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry, the country saw a total of 1,89,232 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery to 2,69,84,781. The total cases of COVID-19 in India have now mounted to 2,88,09,339, with 14,77,799 active cases, the data showed. The total death toll in the country is now at 3,46,759. A total of 23,13,22,417 people have so far been vaccinated against 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 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.

India crossed the grim milestone of 2 crore on May 4.

Name of State / UT	Active Cases*		Cured/Discharged/Migrated*		Deaths**
Name of State / UT	Total	Change since yesterday	Cumulative	Change since yesterday	Cumulative	Change since yesterday
1	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	107	8	6876	24	122	1
2	Andhra Pradesh	128108	5665	1609879	15958	11376	80
3	Arunachal Pradesh	3753	76	25237	402	123	1
4	Assam	52750	638	376343	3099	3621	44
5	Bihar	9628	681	697229	1667	5340	21
6	Chandigarh	925	80	58892	175	768	3
7	Chhattisgarh	24895	2082	941489	3408	13192	30
8	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	122	10	10261		4
9	Delhi	6731	1329	1397575	1683	24557	60
10	Goa	8216	883	148030	1433	2744	17
11	Gujarat	20087	2023	785378	3004	9921	15
12	Haryana	9974	1080	742999	1744	8664	59
13	Himachal Pradesh	9484	303	181979	1102	3279	19
14	Jammu and Kashmir	28423	1192	266576	2615	4051	25
15	Jharkhand	6239	593	329640	1098	5046	12
16	Karnataka	268296	11911	2383758	25346	31260	365
17	Kerala	168049	6884	2440642	24003	9719	209
18	Ladakh	1170	184	17782	254	195	1
19	Lakshadweep	1160	48	7469	145	38	2
20	Madhya Pradesh	11344	1545	764822	2225	8295	38
21	Maharashtra	190878	8858	5528834	21776	99512	741
22	Manipur	9016	32	44519	740	872	9
23	Meghalaya	5797	313	31781	801	652	9
24	Mizoram	3363	70	10151	335	53	2
25	Nagaland	4819	124	17455	179	422	6
26	Odisha	71124	261	732018	7616	2952	40
27	Puducherry	8783	711	98043	1312	1613	12
28	Punjab	24454	1823	538534	3619	15009	82
29	Rajasthan	21550	2454	915261	3364	8631	32
30	Sikkim	4218	32	12285	283	268	2
31	Tamil Nadu	257463	11505	1932778	32472	26571	443
32	Telangana	29208	1710	557162	3762	3364	18
33	Tripura	6481	114	48195	532	558	8
34	Uttarakhand	17305	1978	309609	2564	6664	33
35	Uttar Pradesh	19438	3439	1656763	4346	21151	120
36	West Bengal	44441	8582	1358537	16146	16152	118
Total#		1477799	77449	26984781	189232	346759	2677

Meanwhile, the 200,000 COVID-19 vaccines gifted by India for all UN peacekeepers are “already being put to use” and a number of these Blue Helmets have already been vaccinated, spokesperson for UN chief Antonio Guterres has said.

“The Indian Government…had offered us… 200,000 doses…And a number of peacekeepers are already, as far as I know, being vaccinated,” Stephane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, told reporters at the daily press briefing Friday in response to a question on vaccination of UN peacekeepers.

"So, on the Indian vaccines, those, which I think were… AstraZeneca, those were 200,000. They’re already being put to use,” he said.

India, one of the largest troop-contributing countries to UN peacekeeping missions, gifted 200,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines for UN peacekeepers across all UN missions.

As of March 31 this year, there are 87,889 personnel serving in 12 peacekeeping operations around the world.