Lok Sabha Question No. 3177 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-13
Subject: Deaths due to Covid Pandemic
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Dr. Thirumaavalavan Tholkappiyan

## GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRY OFHEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3177 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.12.2024

## DEATHS DUE TO COVID PANDEMIC

## 3177. DR. THIRUMAAVALAVAN THOLKAPPIYAN:

Will the Minister of HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE to be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of infections and deaths due to Covid pandemic, month-wise and State-wise;
- (b) whether the Government is aware about the new variant of concern, new strains of high danger during the last one year; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV)

- (a) As on 6 th December, 2024, State/UT and year-wise details of cases and deaths due to COVID19 as reported by States/UTs is detailed at Annexure .

(b) and (c) As per the World Health Organization (WHO), as of 2 nd December 2024, there are no currently circulating Variants of Concern (VoCs). However, the only currently circulating Variant of Interest (V oI) includes JN.1 which was first detected globally in August, 2023 and designated as a VoI by WHO on 18 th December, 2023. The JN.1 variant remains the most prevalent SARS-CoV-2 variant globally. In India, cases of JN.1 variant of SARS-CoV-2 virus were first reported in the country in the month of November, 2023.

State/UT and year-wise details of cases and deaths due to COVID-19 as reported by States/UTs (as on 6 th December, 2024)

| States/UTs Covid-19 Cases and Deaths year-wise (2022-2024)   | States/UTs Covid-19 Cases and Deaths year-wise (2022-2024)   | States/UTs Covid-19 Cases and Deaths year-wise (2022-2024)   | States/UTs Covid-19 Cases and Deaths year-wise (2022-2024)   | States/UTs Covid-19 Cases and Deaths year-wise (2022-2024)   | States/UTs Covid-19 Cases and Deaths year-wise (2022-2024)   | States/UTs Covid-19 Cases and Deaths year-wise (2022-2024)   | States/UTs Covid-19 Cases and Deaths year-wise (2022-2024)   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                              |                                                              | 2022                                                         | 2022                                                         | 2023                                                         | 2023                                                         | 2024                                                         | 2024                                                         |
| S. No.                                                       | States/UTs                                                   | Cases                                                        | Deaths                                                       | Cases                                                        | Deaths                                                       | Cases                                                        | Deaths                                                       |
| 1                                                            | A&N Islands                                                  | 3026                                                         | 0                                                            | 20                                                           | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            |
| 2                                                            | Andhra Pradesh                                               | 262090                                                       | 240                                                          | 1713                                                         | 0                                                            | 316                                                          | 0                                                            |
| 3                                                            | Arunachal Pradesh                                            | 11551                                                        | 16                                                           | 159                                                          | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            |
| 4                                                            | Assam                                                        | 125527                                                       | 1871                                                         | 71                                                           | 0                                                            | 89                                                           | 3                                                            |
| 5                                                            | Bihar                                                        | 124650                                                       | 206                                                          | 3890                                                         | 13                                                           | 413                                                          | 0                                                            |
| 6                                                            | Chandigarh                                                   | 33503                                                        | 102                                                          | 1353                                                         | 4                                                            | 59                                                           | 1                                                            |
| 7                                                            | Chhattisgarh                                                 | 169757                                                       | 546                                                          | 10016                                                        | 45                                                           | 856                                                          | 14                                                           |
| 8                                                            | Dadar and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu                     | 900                                                          | 0                                                            | 1                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            |
| 9                                                            | Delhi                                                        | 560793                                                       | 1414                                                         | 33990                                                        | 149                                                          | 2507                                                         | 31                                                           |
| 10                                                           | Goa                                                          | 78423                                                        | 492                                                          | 4413                                                         | 1                                                            | 210                                                          | 0                                                            |
| 11                                                           | Gujarat                                                      | 446491                                                       | 925                                                          | 14036                                                        | 38                                                           | 1165                                                         | 20                                                           |
| 12                                                           | Haryana                                                      | 283250                                                       | 651                                                          | 22383                                                        | 65                                                           | 203                                                          | 8                                                            |
| 13                                                           | Himachal Pradesh                                             | 83877                                                        | 338                                                          | 10301                                                        | 33                                                           | 173                                                          | 1                                                            |
| 14                                                           | J&K (UT)                                                     | 138250                                                       | 259                                                          | 2630                                                         | 7                                                            | 153                                                          | 1                                                            |
| 15                                                           | Jharkhand                                                    | 91585                                                        | 188                                                          | 1282                                                         | 6                                                            | 8                                                            | 0                                                            |
| 16                                                           | Karnataka                                                    | 1065489                                                      | 1980                                                         | 18284                                                        | 65                                                           | 7252                                                         | 39                                                           |
| 17                                                           | Kerala                                                       | 1583884                                                      | 24114                                                        | 87242                                                        | 516                                                          | 5597                                                         | 66                                                           |
| 18                                                           | Ladakh (UT)                                                  | 7239                                                         | 12                                                           | 202                                                          | 0                                                            | 74                                                           | 0                                                            |
| 19                                                           | Lakshdweep                                                   | 999                                                          | 1                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            |
| 20                                                           | Madhya Pradesh                                               | 261031                                                       | 243                                                          | 1661                                                         | 10                                                           | 253                                                          | 1                                                            |
| 21                                                           | Maharashtra                                                  | 1465879                                                      | 6899                                                         | 36072                                                        | 150                                                          | 5658                                                         | 35                                                           |
| 22                                                           | Manipur                                                      | 14144                                                        | 147                                                          | 114                                                          | 0                                                            | 4                                                            | 0                                                            |
| 23                                                           | Meghalaya                                                    | 11966                                                        | 140                                                          | 207                                                          | 4                                                            | 4                                                            | 0                                                            |
| 24                                                           | Mizoram                                                      | 97564                                                        | 184                                                          | 598                                                          | 8                                                            | 73                                                           | 0                                                            |
| 25                                                           | Nagaland                                                     | 3795                                                         | 80                                                           | 47                                                           | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            |
| 26                                                           | Odisha                                                       | 281957                                                       | 747                                                          | 11902                                                        | 10                                                           | 297                                                          | 0                                                            |
| 27                                                           | Puducherry                                                   | 46051                                                        | 94                                                           | 2113                                                         | 7                                                            | 176                                                          | 0                                                            |
| 28                                                           | Punjab                                                       | 180840                                                       | 2645                                                         | 8255                                                         | 1281                                                         | 339                                                          | 30                                                           |
| 29                                                           | Rajasthan                                                    | 359447                                                       | 690                                                          | 11060                                                        | 84                                                           | 1414                                                         | 9                                                            |
| 30                                                           | Sikkim                                                       | 11817                                                        | 90                                                           | 613                                                          | 2                                                            | 46                                                           | 0                                                            |
| 31                                                           | Tamil Nadu                                                   | 847525                                                       | 1284                                                         | 16750                                                        | 34                                                           | 1015                                                         | 3                                                            |
| 32                                                           | Telangana                                                    | 159752                                                       | 86                                                           | 3260                                                         | 0                                                            | 323                                                          | 0                                                            |
| 33                                                           | Tripura                                                      | 22965                                                        | 111                                                          | 461                                                          |                                                              | 820                                                          | 1                                                            |
| 34                                                           | Uttar Pradesh                                                | 416755                                                       | 718                                                          | 17424                                                        | 2 84                                                         | 94                                                           | 22                                                           |
| 35                                                           | Uttarakhand                                                  | 104449                                                       | 334                                                          |                                                              | 17                                                           |                                                              | 10                                                           |
| 36                                                           | West Bengal                                                  | 483583                                                       | 1775                                                         | 3199 7995                                                    | 24                                                           | 200 1458                                                     | 2                                                            |