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India's COVID-19 caseload stands at 1.39 lakh, only 1.28 % of total cases

Jammu
February 15, 2021

India's total COVID-19 active caseload currently stands at 1.39 lakh on Monday and accounts for 1.28 % of the country's total infections, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. According to the Health ministry, 33 states and UTs have reported less than 5,000 active cases in the last 24 hours wherein Tripura, Daman and Diu; Dadra and Nagar Haveli currently have only two active cases each.

The Ministry said that the states Kerala, Maharashtra and Karnataka cumulatively account for 77 % of India's total active cases whereas Kerala and Maharashtra together compose 74.72 % of the total active cases. "18 states and UTs have not reported any deaths in the last 24 hours. These are Assam, Rajasthan, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Nagaland, Lakshadweep, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Ladakh (UT), Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli," it said.

Meanwhile, these 10 states and UTs Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Ladakh (UT), Lakshadweep, Manipur, Nagaland, Sikkim, and Tripura have reported no deaths in the last week. As on February 15, 2021, till 8:00 am, the cumulative number of healthcare and frontline workers vaccinated against COVID-19 in the country has reached nearly 83 lakhs. "82,85,295 beneficiaries have been vaccinated through 1,73,729 sessions, as per the provisional report till today. These include 59,88,113 HCWs (1st dose), 24,561 HCWs (second dose) and 22,72,621FLWs (first dose)," the ministry said.