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

Total number of confirmed positive cases in India reaches 56,99,802; death toll stands at 90,964 as of September 23

The spread of the novel coronavirus in India has quickened in the last few days with new cases of Covid-19 and deaths reported every day. The epidemic has expanded its footprint in the country and has affected over 56 lakh people since the first positive case was confirmed on January 30 in Kerala.

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

On September 6, India topped Brazil's coronavirus tally and now has the world's second-highest number of Covid-19 cases.

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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): 56,99,802 as of September 23

States/UTs death toll (details are updated as we receive information): 90,964

States	Total cases	Deaths
Andaman and Nicobar Islands	3,691	52
Arunachal Pradesh	7,844	14
Assam	1,63,491	597
Bihar	173,062	874
Chandigarh	10,726	137
Chhattisgarh	90,917	718
Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu	2,944	2
Goa	29879	376
Gujarat	127541	3,370
Haryana	116856	1,233
Himachal Pradesh	13,050	136
Jharkhand	73,948	645
Karnataka	540,847	8266
Kerala	130,506	572
Lakshadweep	0	0
Madhya Pradesh	113,057	2077
Maharashtra	12,63,799	33,886
Manipur	9,280	60
Meghalaya	4,791	38
Mizoram	1,713	0
Nagaland	5,604	15
Delhi	256789	5,087
Puducherry	24,227	481
Punjab	103,464	2,990
Rajasthan	120,739	1382
Sikkim	2,594	29
Tamil Nadu	552,670	8,947
Telangana	177,070	1,062
Tripura	23,338	253
Uttar Pradesh	369,686	5,299
Uttarakhand	43,720	529
West Bengal	231,484	4,483
Odisha	192,548	736
Andhra Pradesh	646530	5,506
Jammu and Kashmir	67,510	1,062
Ladakh	3,887	50

No. of people discharged: 4,587,613

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.