NEW DELHI: India has recorded 55,079 coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, taking the total tally to touch 2,703,517. With 880 fatalities reported on Monday,  the country’s death toll has surged to 51,025.

Notably,  India recorded a decline in cases of coronavirus daily for the 3rd day continuously after high surge of over 60000.

Currently, there are 6,72,638 active cases of coronavirus in India. On a brighter side, 19.77 lakh people have so far recuperated from the disease that has pushed the recovery rate to 73.18 percent.

Five most affected states by total tally of cases are Maharashtra (6,04,358), Tamil Nadu (343,945), Andhra Pradesh (296,609), Karnataka (233,283), and Uttar Pradesh (158,216).

S. No.Name of State / UTTotal CasesDeathsActive CasesDischarged
1Maharashtra60435820265155579428514
2Tamil Nadu343945588654122283937
3Andhra Pradesh296609273284777209100
4Karnataka233283406280659148562
5Uttar Pradesh158216251550893104808
6Delhi153367421410852138301
7West Bengal11957824732740289703
8Bihar1063074682938776452
9Telengana939377112102472202
10Gujarat7971028001431562595
11Assam796671972273656734
12Rajasthan626308871408947654
13Odisha622943531816143780
14Haryana48040550688040610
15Madhya Pradesh4638511281023235025
16Kerala461401691594630025
17Punjab326968631165320180
18Jammu and Kashmir28892548704821296
19Jharkhand23752250845115051
20Chhattisgarh16025150527710598
21Uttarakhand1249315838508485
22Goa1199411138258058
23Puducherry802911432884627
24Tripura74096219435404
25Manipur46871719362734
26Himachal Pradesh41741913212834
27Nagaland3455819171530
28Arunachal Pradesh274158431893
29Andaman and Nicobar Islands24452910911325
30Chandigarh22163010031183
31Ladakh1966145841368
32Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu190824471459
33Meghalaya14186733679
34Sikkim11871485701
35Mizoram7890417372

Meanwhile, The National Expert Group on COVID-19 Vaccine Administration met leading domestic vaccine manufactures which includes Serum Institute of India, Bharat Biotech, Zydus Cadila, Gennova Biopharmaceuticals and Biological E — in Incipient Delhi on Monday.

Globally, as many as 22,035,261 people around the world have been diagnosed with Covid-19. While 14,775,187, have recovered, 776,830 have died from the disease so far. The US, the worst-hit country, has 5,611,150 cases. It is followed by Brazil, which has 3,363,235.