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A family member stands near the funeral pyre of his loved one who died due to the Covid-19 coronavirus at a cremation ground in Allahabad on May 8, 2021, as India recorded more than 4,000 coronavirus deaths in a day for the first time. Credit: AFP Photo
India on Sunday logged more than 4,000 coronavirus deaths over 24 hours for the second day in a row. 4,03,738 more infections took the overall tally above 2.22 crore.
Meanwhile, the health ministry has revised the national policy for admission of patients to Covid-19 facilities.
Coronavirus in India:
Total number of positive cases (including deaths): 2,22,96,414 as of May 9, 2021
States/UTs death toll (details are updated as we receive information): 2,42,362 as of May 9, 2021
| States | Total Cases | Deaths |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 6,341 | 74 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 20,046 | 60 |
| Assam | 289,069 | 1,628 |
| Bihar | 580,217 | 3,215 |
| Chandigarh | 49,312 | 558 |
| Chhattisgarh | 842,356 | 10,381 |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu | 8,737 | 4 |
| Goa | 116,213 | 1,612 |
| Gujarat | 669,928 | 8,273 |
| Haryana | 602,349 | 5,454 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 128,330 | 1,830 |
| Jharkhand | 282,174 | 3,756 |
| Karnataka | 1,886,448 | 18,286 |
| Kerala | 1,866,827 | 5,746 |
| Lakshadweep | 3,756 | 9 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 660,712 | 6,334 |
| Maharashtra | 5,053,336 | 75,277 |
| Manipur | 34,775 | 461 |
| Meghalaya | 19,302 | 210 |
| Mizoram | 7,551 | 17 |
| Nagaland | 15,913 | 137 |
| Delhi | 1,310,231 | 19,071 |
| Puducherry | 70,076 | 939 |
| Punjab | 433,689 | 10,315 |
| Rajasthan | 738,786 | 5,506 |
| Sikkim | 9,651 | 165 |
| Tamil Nadu | 1,351,362 | 15,412 |
| Telangana | 492,385 | 2,704 |
| Tripura | 37,559 | 406 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 1,480,315 | 15,170 |
| Uttarakhand | 238,383 | 3,548 |
| West Bengal | 973,718 | 12,203 |
| Odisha | 524,207 | 2,161 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 1,265,439 | 8,615 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 211,742 | 2,672 |
| Ladakh | 15,179 | 153 |
No. of people discharged: 1,83,17,404
Total Vaccination: 16,94,39,663
Note: The tallies above include foreigners who have been infected with Covid-19.
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