Coronavirus India update: State-wise total number of confirmed cases, deaths on December 18

Total number of confirmed positive cases in India reaches 1,00,04,436; death toll stands at 1,45,119 as of December 18

DH Web Desk,

Dec 18 2020, 07:34 ist
updated: Dec 18 2020, 22:33 ist

Men wearing protective masks wait to get tested during a rapid antigen testing campaign for the coronavirus disease, on the outskirts of Mumbai. Credit: Reuters Photo

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): 1,00,04,436 as of December 18

States/UTs death toll (details are updated as we receive information): 1,45,119

States	Total cases	Deaths
Andaman and Nicobar Islands	4,860	61
Arunachal Pradesh	16,603	55
Assam	2,15,250	1,011
Bihar	2,45,933	1,341
Chandigarh	18,979	305
Chhattisgarh	2,64,898	3,163
Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu	3,361	3
Goa	49,849	718
Gujarat	2,33,263	4,220
Haryana	2,56,477	2,803
Himachal Pradesh	51,626	856
Jharkhand	1,12,332	1,007
Karnataka	9,07,123	11,989
Kerala	6,93,865	2,757
Lakshadweep	0	0
Madhya Pradesh	2,29,130	3,453
Maharashtra	18,88,767	48,574
Manipur	27,540	334
Meghalaya	13,141	133
Mizoram	4,094	7
Nagaland	11,832	73
Delhi	6,14,755	10,219
Puducherry	37,670	623
Punjab	1,62,270	5,170
Rajasthan	2,97,029	2,599
Sikkim	5,406	122
Tamil Nadu	8,04,650	11,954
Telangana	2,80,195	1,506
Tripura	33,119	378
Uttar Pradesh	5,72,196	8,154
Uttarakhand	85,269	1,399
West Bengal	5,32,695	9,277
Odisha	3,25,505	1,829
Andhra Pradesh	8,77,806	7,070
Jammu and Kashmir	1,17,705	1,833
Ladakh	9,243	123

No. of people discharged: 95,20,827

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.