Coronavirus India update: State-wise total number of confirmed cases, deaths on December 17

Total number of confirmed positive cases in India reaches 99,75,270; death toll stands at 144,746 as of December 17

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): 99,75,270 as of December 17

States/UTs death toll (details are updated as we receive information): 144,746

States	Total cases	Deaths
Andaman and Nicobar Islands	4,850	61
Arunachal Pradesh	16,574	55
Assam	2,15,042	1,007
Bihar	2,45,398	1,337
Chandigarh	18,905	304
Chhattisgarh	2,61,901	3,145
Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu	3,360	3
Goa	49,657	713
Gujarat	2,32,188	4,211
Haryana	2,55,728	2,782
Himachal Pradesh	50,680	836
Jharkhand	1,12,121	1,004
Karnataka	9,05,901	11,981
Kerala	6,88,409	2,734
Lakshadweep	0	0
Madhya Pradesh	2,27,949	3,442
Maharashtra	18,84,773	48,499
Manipur	27,454	332
Meghalaya	13,072	133
Mizoram	4,085	7
Nagaland	11,820	73
Delhi	6,13,357	10,182
Puducherry	37,622	622
Punjab	1,61,831	5,150
Rajasthan	2,95,953	2,589
Sikkim	5,398	121
Tamil Nadu	8,03,516	11,942
Telangana	2,79,644	1,505
Tripura	33,098	378
Uttar Pradesh	5,70,789	8,136
Uttarakhand	84,689	1,384
West Bengal	5,30,456	9,235
Odisha	3,25,147	1,825
Andhra Pradesh	8,77,348	7,069
Jammu and Kashmir	1,17,317	1,826
Ladakh	9,238	123

No. of people discharged: 94,89,740

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.