Record spike of 64,399 new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours takes India tally past 21-lakh mark

New Delhi: With a record single-day spike of 64,399 cases, India's coronavirus tally crossed 21 lakh on Sunday (August 9), while the death toll climbed to 43,379 with 861 more fatalities, as per the Health Ministry data.

Out of the total 21,53,010 coronavirus cases in India, the number of recoveries surged to 14,80,884 with record 53,879 more people recuperating in the past 24 hours, taking recovery rate to 68.78 percent,. The case fatality rate has dropped 2.01 percent, according to ministry data.

Here's the state-wise detail of COVID-19 data in 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	831	53	500	75	20	1
2	Andhra Pradesh	85486	832	129615	9151	1939	97
3	Arunachal Pradesh	684	36	1430	104	3
4	Assam	16983	428	40591	1782	140	8
5	Bihar	26669	216	48243	3761	382	13
6	Chandigarh	530	1	872	52	24	1
7	Chhattisgarh	3072	70	8582	263	89	2
8	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	417	4	1037	23	2
9	Delhi	10667	258	129362	1130	4098	16
10	Goa	2332	50	5802	207	72	2
11	Gujarat	14386	57	52855	1135	2628	23
12	Haryana	6338	195	34031	587	474	7
13	Himachal Pradesh	1169	13	2081	127	14
14	Jammu and Kashmir	7264	4	16667	449	459	10
15	Jharkhand	8816	107	8123	732	155	4
16	Karnataka	79773	2079	89238	5006	3091	93
17	Kerala	12152	299	20862	1715	106	4
18	Ladakh	416	5	1214	20	9
19	Madhya Pradesh	8827	112	28353	732	977	15
20	Maharashtra	147355	1466	338362	11081	17367	275
21	Manipur	1697	167	1927	1	11	1
22	Meghalaya	594	4	423	12	6	1
23	Mizoram	297	20	296	7	0
24	Nagaland	1785	41	896	72	7
25	Odisha	13692	87	30242	1544	259	12
26	Puducherry	1989	116	3054	140	80	5
27	Punjab	7486	135	14880	840	562	23
28	Rajasthan	13387	192	37163	968	778	11
29	Sikkim	389	58	470	64	1
30	Tamil Nadu	53481	722	232618	5043	4808	118
31	Telengana	22869	301	55999	1669	627	12
32	Tripura	1929	51	4176	92	41	4
33	Uttarakhand	3322	264	5963	232	117	5
34	Uttar Pradesh	46177	1614	69833	2999	2028	47
35	West Bengal	25486	834	65124	2064	2005	51
Total#		628747	9659	1480884	53879	43379	861
*(Including foreign Nationals)

There are 6,28,747 active cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), comprising 29.20 per cent of the total caseload in the country. 

This is the third consecutive day that the COVID-19 cases have increased by more than 60,000. India had crossed the 20-lakh mark on Friday.

As many as 7,19,364 samples were tested on Saturday, the highest in a day so far. A total of 2,41,06,535 samples have been tested so far, according to the Indian Council of Medical Research.