Coronavirus India update: State-wise total number of confirmed cases, deaths on December 16

Total number of confirmed positive cases in India reaches 99,46,583; death toll stands at 1,44,348 as of December 16

India has 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 with over 99 lakh infections since 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): 99,46,583 as of December 16

States/UTs death toll (details are updated as we receive information): 1,44,348

States	Total cases	Deaths
Andaman and Nicobar Islands	4,842	61
Arunachal Pradesh	16,553	55
Assam	214,945	1,004
Bihar	244810	1,332
Chandigarh	18,776	304
Chhattisgarh	261901	3,145
Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu	3,359	3
Goa	49657	713
Gujarat	231073	4,203
Haryana	254,207	2,751
Himachal Pradesh	50,680	836
Jharkhand	111,931	1,001
Karnataka	904665	11,971
Kerala	683441	2,707
Lakshadweep	0	0
Madhya Pradesh	226788	3,433
Maharashtra	1880893	48434
Manipur	27373	329
Meghalaya	13,007	131
Mizoram	4,080	7
Nagaland	11787	72
Delhi	611994	10,147
Puducherry	37582	622
Punjab	161,053	5,117
Rajasthan	294831	2,578
Sikkim	5,365	119
Tamil Nadu	802342	11,931
Telangana	279,135	1,502
Tripura	33,081	378
Uttar Pradesh	569263	8,118
Uttarakhand	83,502	1,372
West Bengal	525,918	9,145
Odisha	324796	1,820
Andhra Pradesh	876814	7,067
Jammu and Kashmir	116922	1,817
Ladakh	9,217	123

No. of people discharged: 94,56,449

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.