Coronavirus daily update: COVID-19 cases explained in charts
India reported over 18,000 COVID-19 new cases according to the official update, on January 6, 2021. New cases below 20,000 mark for fifth day in a row. Active cases in India continue to slide further with a fall of over 3,000 cases in a day. Recoveries above 99 lakh with a recovery rate of 96.4 percent.
January 06, 2021 / 10:54 IST
As many as 18,088 new cases of novel coronavirus were reported, with India’s total COVID-19 cases now above 1.03 crore, as per the health ministry’s January 6, 2021 update.India reported 264 new deaths (below the 300 mark for 12th day in a row) and 21,314 recoveries in the last 24 hours, the latest release shows. Active cases continue to drop, to 2,27,546 with a fall of 3,490 cases in a day.Kerala reported the most (5,615 or 31 percent) new cases in the last 24 hours, followed by Maharashtra (3,160), Chhattisgarh (1,021), Tamil Nadu (820) and Karnataka (815). These five states account for 63 percent of all the new cases reported in India. 
Maharashtra also reported the most 64 deaths, followed by Chhattisgarh (25), Kerala (24), West Bengal (24) and Uttar Pradesh (20). These five states account for 59 percent of all the new deaths reported across the country.About nine states and union territories--Andaman and Nicobar, Arunachal Pradesh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli/Daman and Diu, Ladakh, Mizoram, Nagaland, Puducherry and Sikkim did not report any deaths today. India’s recovery rate is now 96.4 percent. Dadra Nagar Haveli/Daman & Diu record the highest (99.7 percent) recovery rate, while Sikkim now reports the lowest (89.5 percent). In terms of cases, Kerala recorded 4,922 new recoveries, the most, followed by Maharashtra (2,828), Chhattisgarh (1,651), Karnataka (1,377) and West Bengal (1,166).
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Despite the high number of cases and deaths reported by India, the country fares better when compared with other nations in terms of per million population.As many as 58 people have been found to be infected with the new strain of coronavirus from the United Kingdom, as on January 5, 2020.
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