Coronavirus cases in India mounted to 16,95,988 on Saturday (August 1), recording the highest single-day spike of 57,117 positive cases and 764 deaths in India in the last 24 hours.
As per the Ministry of Health data, the total active cases in the country stands at 5,65,103, whereas 10,94,374 are cured/discharged. The total death toll surged to 36,511 on Saturday.
The recovery rate stood at 64.52 percent this morning. This was the third consecutive day that COVID-19 cases have increased by more than 50,000 and the second day when India recorded more than 55,000 cases.
Here's the state wise data of coronavirus cases 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 | 329 | 63 | 214 | 13 | 5 | 1 |
| 2 | Andhra Pradesh | 75720 | 6468 | 63864 | 3840 | 1349 | 68 |
| 3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 670 | 16 | 918 | 91 | 3 | |
| 4 | Assam | 9814 | 581 | 30357 | 1277 | 98 | 4 |
| 5 | Bihar | 17579 | 734 | 33358 | 2008 | 296 | 14 |
| 6 | Chandigarh | 369 | 14 | 667 | 20 | 15 | 1 |
| 7 | Chhattisgarh | 2803 | 14 | 6230 | 309 | 53 | 2 |
| 8 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 412 | 18 | 686 | 18 | 2 | |
| 9 | Delhi | 10705 | 38 | 120930 | 1206 | 3963 | 27 |
| 10 | Goa | 1657 | 4211 | 206 | 45 | 3 | |
| 11 | Gujarat | 14090 | 297 | 44907 | 833 | 2441 | 23 |
| 12 | Haryana | 6317 | 180 | 28227 | 887 | 421 | 4 |
| 13 | Himachal Pradesh | 1091 | 14 | 1459 | 72 | 14 | |
| 14 | Jammu and Kashmir | 7765 | 103 | 12217 | 375 | 377 | 12 |
| 15 | Jharkhand | 6538 | 650 | 4314 | 138 | 106 | 3 |
| 16 | Karnataka | 72013 | 2305 | 49788 | 3094 | 2314 | 84 |
| 17 | Kerala | 10517 | 443 | 13023 | 864 | 73 | 3 |
| 18 | Ladakh | 302 | 25 | 1095 | 1 | 7 | |
| 19 | Madhya Pradesh | 8668 | 214 | 22271 | 614 | 867 | 10 |
| 20 | Maharashtra | 150966 | 2512 | 256158 | 7543 | 14994 | 265 |
| 21 | Manipur | 927 | 98 | 1689 | 17 | 5 | 1 |
| 22 | Meghalaya | 603 | 15 | 215 | 5 | 5 | |
| 23 | Mizoram | 165 | 9 | 247 | 13 | 0 | |
| 24 | Nagaland | 1053 | 117 | 635 | 10 | 5 | |
| 25 | Odisha | 11182 | 719 | 20518 | 772 | 177 | 8 |
| 26 | Puducherry | 1323 | 31 | 2100 | 142 | 49 | 1 |
| 27 | Punjab | 4999 | 422 | 10734 | 225 | 386 | 16 |
| 28 | Rajasthan | 11589 | 492 | 29035 | 650 | 674 | 11 |
| 29 | Sikkim | 407 | 12 | 231 | 17 | 1 | |
| 30 | Tamil Nadu | 57968 | 6 | 183956 | 5778 | 3935 | 97 |
| 31 | Telengana | 16796 | 1156 | 45388 | 816 | 519 | 14 |
| 32 | Tripura | 1630 | 93 | 3327 | 365 | 21 | |
| 33 | Uttarakhand | 2935 | 58 | 4168 | 172 | 80 | 4 |
| 34 | Uttar Pradesh | 34968 | 2319 | 48863 | 2060 | 1630 | 43 |
| 35 | West Bengal | 20233 | 333 | 48374 | 2118 | 1581 | 45 |
| Total# | 565103 | 19785 | 1094374 | 36569 | 36511 | 764 | |
The positivity rate - percentage of patients who have tested positive for coronavirus - stood at 8.57 percent.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), a cumulative 1,93,58,659 samples have been tested up to July 31 with 5,25,689 being examined on Friday.
