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New Delhi : India recorded 2,95,041 new Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours, the highest since the outbreak of the pandemic, taking the tally to 1,56,16,130 cases in the country at 8 am on April 21, 2021. On the positive side, a total of 1,67,457 Covid-19 patients were declared cured / discharged in last 24 hours in the country taking the tally of patients cured to 1,32,76,039 on April 21, 2021. The recovery rate (RR) of Covid-19 patients further dropped to 85.01% on April 21 from 85.56% on April 20, 2021.
Active cases surged to 21,57,538 in India on April 21, 2021, a massive increase of 1,25,561 cases in last 24 hours, and accounted for 13.82% of the total Covid-19 cases (1,56,16,130) recorded so far in the country. India has tested 27,10,53,392 samples so far including 16,39,357 samples on April 20, 2021. On the other hand, a total of 13,01,19,310 persons have been vaccinated against Covid-19 in India so far including 29,90,197 beneficiaries on April 20, 2021, aqccording to Union Health Ministry figure.
The Covid-19 death toll climbed to 1,82,553 in India on April 21, 2021, with 2,023 new deaths being recorded in the country in last 24 hours including 519 in Maharashtra, 277 in DElhi, 191 in Chhattisgarh, 162 in Uttar Pradesh, 149 in Karnataka, 121 in Gujarat, 77 in Madhya Pradesh, 64 in Rajasthan, 60 in Punjab, 51 in Bihar, 48 in Tamilnadu, 46 in West Bengal, 45 in Jharkhand, 35 in Haryana, 35 in Andhra Pradesh, 28 in Kerala, 27 in Uttarakhand, 26 in Goa, 20 in Telengana, and 16 in Himachal Pradesh. India had recorded 1,761 new deathson April 20, 2021. Meanwhile, the case fatality rate in India dropped to 1.17 % on April 21 from 1.18 % on April 20, 2021.
The Covid-19 toll in India on April 21, 2021, was : Maharashtra (61,343), Tamilnadu (13,205), Karnataka (13,646), Delhi (12,638), Andhra Pradesh (7,472), Uttar Pradesh (10,159), West Bengal (10,652), Gujarat (5,615), Madhya Pradesh (4,713), Rajasthan (3,268), Punjab (8,045), Telengana (1,876), J&K (2,071), Haryana (3,483), Bihar (1,841), Odisha (1,953), Jharkhand (1,547), Assam (1,145), Uttarakhand (1,919), Kerala (4,978), Chhattisgarh (6,274), Puducherry (717), Goa (926), Tripura (394), Chandigarh (421), Andaman & Nicobar (64), Himachal Pradesh (1,219), Ladakh (134), Manipur (378), Nagaland (94), Meghalaya (154), Arunachal Pradesh (56), Sikkim (136), Mizoram (12), Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu (4), and Lakshadweep (1).