A health worker collects the swab sample of a person for COVID test in Jammu.
Highlight
- Total active cases of COVID in India rises to 22,02,472 today
- The total death toll in the country now stands at 4,91,700. Is
- The daily positivity rate is 19.59 per cent as on January 27
COVID-19 India News Updates: 2,86,384 new cases of Novel Coronavirus have been reported in India, with 573 deaths due to the infection in the last 24 hours. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Thursday (January 27), a total of 3,06,357 discharges took place in the country in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery rate to around 93.23 per cent and the total recovery data reaching 3. ,76,77,328.
The total active cases of COVID-19 in India has risen to 22,02,472 (5.46 per cent), data from the ministry showed today.
The total death toll in the country now stands at 4,91,700. In India, the first death due to the COVID pandemic was reported in March 2020.
The daily positivity rate stands at 19.59 per cent today.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 72,21,66,248 samples have been tested for COVID-19 till January 25. Of these, 14,62,261 samples were tested on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia on Wednesday spoke positively about the reopening of schools in the capital. He said that ‘excessive caution can harm children’, which is why it is necessary to reopen schools to prevent further damage to the socio-emotional well-being of students.
The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) has convened a meeting on Thursday to deliberate on easing restrictions in the national capital in view of the improved COVID-19 situation. The issue of reopening schools is also on the agenda.
“In the last two years, the life of school children has been confined to their rooms. Instead of going to school and spending time in playgrounds, all their activities are now done only on mobile phones.
“Pandemic-induced school closures have not only affected their studies but their mental health as well. During COVID, our priority was the safety of the children. But since now various researches have found that COVID is not so harmful for the children. So it is important to reopen schools, because now is the time for exams and related preparations,” Sisodia said.
| , No. | Name of State/UT | Active Case* | OK/Discharge/Migrate* | Deaths** | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | change from yesterday | cumulative | change from yesterday | cumulative | change from yesterday | ||||||
| death during the day
(a) |
settlement of death (b) |
Total (A+B) | |||||||||
| 1 | Andaman and Nicobar islands | 574 | 24 | 8819 | 94 | 129 | |||||
| 2 | Andhra Pradesh | 101396 | 8091 | 2092998 | 5716 | 14561 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 3463 | 150 | 56851 | 375 | 284 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 4 | Assam | 42845 | 2577 | 653719 | 6747 | 6338 | 19 | 19 | |||
| 5 | A state in Eastern India | 14771 | 62 | 788737 | 2420 | 12197 | 4 | 4 | |||
| 6 | Chandigarh | 7033 | 735 | 78664 | 1275 | 1103 | |||||
| 7 | Chattisgarh | 30254 | 820 | 1061109 | 5711 | 13769 | 23 | 23 | |||
| 8 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 198 | 10 | 11029 | 27 | 4 | |||||
| 9 | Delhi | 42010 | 3130 | 1735808 | 9127 | 25681 | 31 | 31 | |||
| 10 | Goa | 18197 | 736 | 210799 | 2522 | 3623 | 8 | 8 | |||
| 1 1 | Gujarat | 134261 | 887 | 948405 | 17467 | 10302 | 28 | 28 | |||
| 12 | Haryana | 42815 | 9072 | 867828 | 15083 | 10212 | 18 | 18 | |||
| 13 | Himachal Pradesh | 13260 | 2281 | 245900 | 3298 | 3953 | 9 | 9 | |||
| 14 | Jammu and Kashmir | 47376 | 2767 | 357163 | 3789 | 4627 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 15 | Jharkhand | 15825 | 1632 | 402222 | 3113 | 5281 | 9 | 9 | |||
| 16 | Karnataka | 350772 | 11745 | 3216070 | 53093 | 38666 | 52 | 52 | |||
| 17 | Kerala*** | 286077 | 25095 | 5386868 | 30226 | 52141 | 70 | 84 | 154 | ||
| 18 | Ladakh | 1317 | 73 | 23496 | 144 | 223 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 19 | Lakshadweep | 275 | 22 | 10539 | 32 | 52 | |||||
| 20 | Madhya Pradesh | 70870 | 977 | 832742 | 8467 | 10583 | 7 | 7 | |||
| 21 | Maharashtra | 306752 | 3328 | 7120436 | 30500 | 142237 | 86 | 86 | |||
| 22 | Manipur | 3599 | 149 | 125321 | 308 | 2031 | 4 | 4 | |||
| 23 | Meghalaya | 2360 | 103 | 85302 | 293 | 1499 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 24 | Mizoram | 11804 | 1100 | 151734 | 653 | 590 | 4 | 4 | |||
| 25 | Nagaland | 775 | 82 | 32335 | 81 | 708 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 26 | Orissa | 67149 | 4360 | 1142161 | 10244 | 8532 | 7 | 7 | |||
| 27 | Puducherry | 16394 | 742 | 136948 | 1165 | 1912 | 4 | 4 | |||
| 28 | Punjab | 42589 | 3056 | 663404 | 6930 | 17059 | 36 | 36 | |||
| 29 | Rajasthan Rajasthan | 92692 | 810 | 1047321 | 10559 | 9140 | 22 | 22 | |||
| 30 | Sikkim | 2082 | 25 | 34827 | 261 | 424 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 31 | Tamil Nadu | 211270 | 4786 | 2945678 | 25221 | 37312 | 48 | 48 | |||
| 32 | Telangana | 36269 | 2596 | 703008 | 1961 | 4077 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 33 | Tripura | 7727 | 151 | 90682 | 540 | 881 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 34 | Uttarakhand | 31236 | 44 | 368625 | 3931 | 7497 | 6 | 6 | |||
| 35 | Uttar Pradesh | 86563 | 7361 | 1859717 | 18875 | 23088 | 15 | 15 | |||
| 36 | West Bengal | 80168 | 14367 | 1873706 | 18825 | 20411 | 36 | 36 | |||
| Total# | 2223018 | 13824 | 37370971 | 299073 | 491127 | 581 | 84 | 665 | |||
| *** For Kerala, as per state media bulletin: 63 deaths reported as on 26 January + 77 deaths announced as per GO (RT) No. 2110/2021/H&FWD | |||||||||||
| *(including foreign nationals) | |||||||||||
| **(more than 70% of cases due to comorbidities) | |||||||||||
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