COVID-19 Pandemic: India records 163 new cases in last 24 hours, active cases come down to 3,380

Image Source : PTI/Representational (File). A doctor collects swab sample of a commuter for Covid-19 test.

COVID-19 India Updates: India recorded 163 new cases of novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours. As per the data shared by the Union Health Ministry today (December 23), the total recovery rate has touched almost 98.80 per cent and the total recoveries data has reached 4,41,42,608.

The total active cases of COVID-19 in India has come down to 3,380, Health Ministry data showed today. Yesterday, the active cases registered were around 3,402.

active case,

A total decrease of 22 cases has been registered in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The ministry said that active cases comprise 0.01 per cent of the total infections.

The total death toll in the country has now reached 5,30,690. In India, the first death due to the COVID pandemic was reported in March 2020. According to the ministry’s website, 220.02 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered so far in the country under the nationwide vaccination drive.

ICMR test:

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 90,96,43,076 samples have been tested for COVID-19 till December 22. Of these, 1,25,361 samples were tested on Thursday.

India’s COVID-19 tally crossed 20 lakh on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16. It had crossed 60 lakhs on 28th September, 70 lakhs on 11th October. Crossed 80 lakhs on 29th October, 90 lakhs on 20th November and one crore on 19th December.

India had crossed the grim milestone of 20 million on 4th May last year, 30 million on 23rd June and 40 million on 25th January this year.













































, 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 0 10612 129
2 Andra Pradesh 3 2324328 1 14733
3 Arunachal Pradesh 0 1 66594 1 296
4 Assam 0 738065 8035
5 A state in Eastern India 4 839059 12302
6 Chandigarh 0 2 98161 2 1181
7 Chattisgarh 2 2 1163595 14146
8 Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu 0 11587 4
9 Delhi 27 4 1980555 8 26520 1
10 Goa* 13 1 255035 1 4013
1 1 Gujarat 23 3 1266454 2 11043
12 Haryana 43 1 1045822 2 10714
13 Himachal Pradesh 19 1 308388 4 4213
14 Jammu and Kashmir 9 474598 4785
15 Jharkhand 0 437236 5331
16 Karnataka 1263 9 4030157 27 40307
17 Kerala*** 1438 2 6754841 82 71540
18 Ladakh 3 29176 231
19 Lakshadweep 0 11363 52
20 Madhya Pradesh 7 1044135 10776
21 Maharashtra 135 3 7987851 27 148412
22 Manipur 0 2 137773 2 2149
23 Meghalaya 2 95156 1624
24 Mizoram 0 238238 726
25 Nagaland 0 35204 782
26 Odisha 103 5 1327214 9205
27 Puducherry 2 173526 1975
28 Punjab** 8 1 764854 1 19289
29 Rajasthan Rajasthan 52 1 1305675 6 9653
30 Sikkim 0 43819 499
31 Tamil Nadu 45 2 3556234 8 38049
32 Telangana 34 837108 6 4111
33 Tripura 0 1 107094 1 940
34 Uttarakhand 29 1 441584 3 7751
35 Uttar Pradesh 98 3 2104356 2 23633
36 West Bengal 40 3 2096985 4 21532
Total# 3402 6 44142432 190 530681 1
*Kerala – “During the last 24 hours 0 (Zero) new deaths were reported. A total of 06 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 – further collation of mortality data is in progress.

latest india news