Coronavirus India update: State-wise total number of confirmed cases, deaths on December 23

Total number of confirmed positive cases in India reaches 1,01,23,544; death toll stands at 1,46,778 as of December 23

People wearing protective face masks wait for passengers to arrive at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport after India cancelled all flights from the UK over fears of a new strain of the coronavirus disease, in Mumbai. Credit: Reuters.

India crossed the 1-crore mark for coronavirus infections as the country witnessed a substantial drop in daily Covid-19 cases and deaths in the past few weeks. The country continues to be the second-worst hit nation in the world after the first positive case was confirmed on January 30 in Kerala.

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More than five crore people around the world have lived under lockdown as governments stepped up efforts to contain the pandemic, which has left over 16 lakh people dead globally.

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Here’s the tally of Covid-19 positive cases in India and the state-wise impact:

Coronavirus in India: Total number of positive cases (including deaths): 1,01,23,544 as of December 23

States/UTs death toll (details are updated as we receive information): 1,46,778

States	Total cases	Deaths
Andaman and Nicobar Islands	4,896	62
Arunachal Pradesh	16,669	56
Assam	2,15,680	1,029
Bihar	2,48,668	1,367
Chandigarh	19,266	313
Chhattisgarh	2,71,194	3,227
Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu	3,354	2
Goa	50,364	727
Gujarat	2,38,205	4,254
Haryana	2,59,226	2,847
Himachal Pradesh	53,392	882
Jharkhand	1,13,609	1,014
Karnataka	9,12,340	12,038
Kerala	7,21,511	2,893
Lakshadweep	0	0
Madhya Pradesh	2,34,331	3,514
Maharashtra	19,06,371	48,969
Manipur	27,827	338
Meghalaya	13,328	135
Mizoram	4,141	8
Nagaland	11,877	77
Delhi	6,19,618	10,347
Puducherry	37,845	629
Punjab	1,63,665	5,230
Rajasthan	3,01,708	2,642
Sikkim	5,632	125
Tamil Nadu	8,10,080	12,024
Telangana	2,82,982	1,522
Tripura	33,200	380
Uttar Pradesh	5,77,642	8,245
Uttarakhand	87,940	1,447
West Bengal	5,41,624	9,473
Odisha	3,27,279	1,899
Andhra Pradesh	8,79,718	7,085
Jammu and Kashmir	1,19,053	1,853
Ladakh	9,309	125

No. of people discharged: 96,36,487

Note: The tallies above include foreigners who have been infected with Covid-19.

While the Centre and state governments have been trying hard to check the Covid-19 spread by tracking, isolating and treating infected people, the daily rise in India cases is worrisome.