With 69,239 new coronavirus COVID-19 cases, India's tally crosses 30-lakh mark

New Delhi: India’s coronavirus tally on Sunday (August 23) breached the 30-lakh mark after the country reported 69,239 new cases in the last 24 hours.

As per the Ministry of Health data, the country’s toll rose by 912 to 56,706. Of the overall tally of 30,44,940, India now has 7,07,668 active cases while more than 22 lakh people have recovered from the infection.

Here's the state-wise data of COVID-19 cases across India:

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	923	48	1853	109	32
2	Andhra Pradesh	89389	1586	252638	8593	3189	97
3	Arunachal Pradesh	990	6	2228	103	5
4	Assam	21593	492	67641	2045	234	7
5	Bihar	24168	1195	94858	3306	503	5
6	Chandigarh	1272	100	1471	45	33
7	Chhattisgarh	7495	187	12394	372	189	9
8	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	416	12	1702	50	2
9	Delhi	11594	168	144138	1230	4284	14
10	Goa	3631	178	10019	479	140	5
11	Gujarat	14399	222	68243	976	2881	14
12	Haryana	8680	549	44013	600	597	12
13	Himachal Pradesh	1525	56	3341	107	29	4
14	Jammu and Kashmir	6975	2	24398	593	608	15
15	Jharkhand	9756	229	18507	135	308	11
16	Karnataka	82693	389	184568	7626	4615	93
17	Kerala	19601	865	36535	1292	218	15
18	Ladakh	720	55	1469	20	21	2
19	Madhya Pradesh	11261	333	39399	872	1206	21
20	Maharashtra	169833	4954	480114	9241	21995	297
21	Manipur	1655	113	3455	194	22	2
22	Meghalaya	1035	72	769	20	7	1
23	Mizoram	494	11	423	3	0
24	Nagaland	1460	77	2166	92	9	1
25	Odisha	22861	1037	52277	1773	399	9
26	Puducherry	3654	137	6307	373	151	8
27	Punjab	15305	862	24302	409	1036	45
28	Rajasthan	14176	349	54144	1648	944	11
29	Sikkim	507	8	871	37	3
30	Tamil Nadu	53710	297	313280	5603	6420	80
31	Telengana	22908	522	80586	1851	755	11
32	Tripura	2448	208	6182	121	72	2
33	Uttarakhand	4350	135	10021	345	195	3
34	Uttar Pradesh	48291	506	131295	4638	2867	70
35	West Bengal	27900	96	104959	3088	2737	48
Total#		707668	10338	2280566	57989	56706	912

The positivity rate in India is at 8.64 percent. Meanwhile, the Centre said that the sharp rise in recoveries and recovery rate is the key to India's success against COVID-19.

As per ICMR, the total number of samples tested up to August 22 is 3,52,92,220 including 8,01,147 samples tested on Saturday.

India is the worst-hit country in Asia, and third behind the United States and Brazil in terms of total cases of Covid-19. Meanwhile, the global death toll from the new coronavirus has surpassed 800,000, with numerous countries ramping up restrictions in an effort to combat the spread of virus.