The single-day rise in new coronavirus infections in India was 2.63 lakh on Tuesday, with 4,329 deaths, the highest single-day toll ever. India is now the only country after the US with a total caseload of over 2.5 crore.
Rajasthan and Jammu Kashmir are new concerns in India's Covid-19 fight, even as the pandemic was driven by four southern states and Maharashtra.
Coronavirus in India:
Total number of positive cases (including deaths):2,52,28,996 as of May 18, 2021
States/UTs death toll (details are updated as we receive information):2,78,719 as of May 18, 2021
States | Total Cases | Deaths |
Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 6,638 | 89 |
Arunachal Pradesh | 22,106 | 85 |
Assam | 335,023 | 2271 |
Bihar | 657,829 | 3928 |
Chandigarh | 55,987 | 641 |
Chhattisgarh | 919,054 | 11883 |
Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu | 9,599 | 4 |
Goa | 137,418 | 2152 |
Gujarat | 759,754 | 9202 |
Haryana | 701,915 | 6799 |
Himachal Pradesh | 163,786 | 2382 |
Jharkhand | 318,009 | 4,539 |
Karnataka | 2,242,065 | 22,313 |
Kerala | 2,169,369 | 6,515 |
Lakshadweep | 4,986 | 14 |
Madhya Pradesh | 737,306 | 7069 |
Maharashtra | 5,405,068 | 82486 |
Manipur | 40,059 | 592 |
Meghalaya | 23,966 | 336 |
Mizoram | 9,068 | 28 |
Nagaland | 18,349 | 216 |
Delhi | 1,398,391 | 21,846 |
Puducherry | 85,952 | 1179 |
Punjab | 504,586 | 12086 |
Rajasthan | 871,266 | 6934 |
Sikkim | 11,480 | 210 |
Tamil Nadu | 1,631,291 | 18005 |
Telangana | 532,784 | 2985 |
Tripura | 41,897 | 445 |
Uttar Pradesh | 1,628,990 | 17,817 |
Uttarakhand | 291,005 | 5,034 |
West Bengal | 1,152,433 | 13,431 |
Odisha | 622,981 | 2,335 |
Andhra Pradesh | 1,454,052 | 9,481 |
Jammu and Kashmir | 247,952 | 3,222 |
Ladakh | 16,582 | 165 |
No. of people discharged: 2,15,96,512
Total Vaccination: 18,44,53,149
Note: The tallies above include foreigners who have been infected with Covid-19.