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New Delhi : A total of 14,849 new Covid-19 cases were recorded in India in last 24 hours taking the tally to 1,06,54,533 in the country at 8 am on January 24, 2021. On the other hand, 15,948 Covid-19 patients were declared cured /discharged in India in last 24 hours taking the tally to 1,03,16,786 in the country on January 24, 2021, exceeding the number of active cases (1,84,408) by a stupendous margin of 1,01,32,378.
The active cases accounted for just 1.73% of the total Covid-19 cases (1,06,54,533) in India on January 24, 2021, a drop of 1,254 cases in last 24 hours. Of the 1,06,54,533 Covid-19 cases recorded so far in the country, altogether 1,03,16,786 patients have been declared cured with the recovery rate (RR) being 96.83%. India has tested 19,17,66,871 samples so far including 7,81,752 samples on January 23, 2021.
Meanwhile, a total of 15,82,201 Corona Warriors have been vaccinated against Covid-19 in India so far including 1,91,609 beneficiaries on January 23, 2021, according to Union Health Ministry figure.
The Covid-19 toll climbed to 1,53,339 in India on January 24, 2021, with 155 new deaths being recorded in the country in last 24 hours including 56 in Maharashtra, 23 in Kerala, 10 in Delhi, 10 in Punjab, 10 in West Bengal, 8 in Chhattisgarh, 6 in Madhya Pradesh, 4 in Haryana, 4 in Bihar, 4 in Uttar Pradesh, 3 in Karnataka, 2 in Rajasthan, 2 in Tamilnadu, 1 in Andhra Pradesh, 1 in Gujarat, and 1 in Jharkhand. India had recorded 152 new deaths on January 23, 2021.
COVID-19 death toll in India on January 24, 2021, was : Maharashtra (50,740), Tamilnadu (12,309), Karnataka (12,193), Delhi (10,799), Andhra Pradesh (7,147), Uttar Pradesh (8,609), West Bengal (10,107), Gujarat (4,375), Madhya Pradesh (3,786), Rajasthan (2,758), Punjab (5,553), Telengana (1,589), J&K (1,929), Haryana (3,009), Bihar (1,476), Odisha (1,904), Jharkhand (1,061), Assam (1,077), Uttarakhand (1,629), Kerala (3,587), Chhattisgarh (3,609), Puducherry (644), Goa (761), Tripura (391), Chandigarh (333), Andaman & Nicobar (62), Himachal Pradesh (971), Ladakh (129), Manipur (369), Nagaland (88), Meghalaya (146), Arunachal Pradesh (56), Sikkim (132), Mizoram (9), and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu (2).