India records 24,882 new COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours, active count climbs to 2.02 lakh

So far, India has witnessed a total of 1,13,33,728 coronavirus infections, of which, 1,09,73,260 have recovered, while 1,58,446 have succumbed to the virus.

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New Delhi: Another 24,882 COVID-19 confirmed cases took India's active count to over 2.02 lakh, according to the data from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on Saturday (March 13, 2021) morning. 

So far, India has witnessed a total of 1,13,33,728 coronavirus infections, of which, 1,09,73,260 people have recovered, while 1,58,446 have succumbed to the virus. The country's active count stands at 2,02,022. 

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#COVID19 India Tracker (As on 13 March, 2021, 08:00 AM)

Confirmed cases: 1,13,33,728
Recovered: 1,09,73,260 (96.82%)
Active cases: 2,02,022 (1.78%)
Deaths: 1,58,446 (1.40%)#IndiaFightsCorona #Unite2FightCorona @MoHFW_INDIA pic.twitter.com/eIzfAY6ceI — #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) March 13, 2021

#CoronaVirusUpdates:

Total #COVID19 Cases in India (as on March 13, 2021)

96.82% Cured/Discharged/Migrated (1,09,73,260)
1.78% Active cases (2,02,022)
1.40% Deaths (1,58,446)

Total COVID-19 confirmed cases = Cured/Discharged/Migrated+Active cases+Deaths pic.twitter.com/G4uzAyqQEp — #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) March 13, 2021

As per MoHFW, Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab, Karnataka, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh reported 87.72% of the new cases in the last 24 hours. 

On Thursday, 23,285 new confirmed cases were registered across India, of which, Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab, Karnataka, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu cumulatively accounted for 85.6% of the new infections. Maharashtra reported the highest daily new cases at 14,317 (61.48% of the daily new cases), followed by Kerala with 2,133 while Punjab reported 1,305 new cases.

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Friday had said that the Centre is actively engaging with all state and UT governments, especially those showing an upsurge in daily new cases and with a high caseload of active cases. 

"The Union Government is regularly reviewing the status of COVID containment and public health measures with them," the MoHFW stated.

Recently, the Centre had also rushed high-level Public Health teams to Maharashtra and Punjab to assist in COVID-19 control and containment measures in view of the recent spike in cases. 

On the other hand, India on Friday recorded a significant milestone in its countrywide COVID-19 vaccination drive which started on January 16, 2021. More than 20 lakh vaccine doses were given on Day-56 of the world's largest vaccination drive through 30,561 sessions.

This, reportedly, is the highest single-day vaccine administration so far. Eight states constituted 74% of 20,53,537 doses administered in the last 24 hours, with Uttar Pradesh topping the list with more than 3.3 lakh vaccine doses.

So far, 2,82,18,457 people have been vaccinated in India.