Covid-19 pandemic in India registered another alarming trajectory on Sunday with over 11.08 lakh active caseload reported in the last 24 hours–the highest ever in the last seven months.
Only seven days are short in completion of seven months from September 18 last year when the highest ever 10,17,754 active Covid-19 cases were registered in India. Now, the active caseload registered till 7 a.m. on Sunday is 11,08,087.
India’s total active caseload now comprises 8.29 percent of the country’s total positive cases– a net increase of 61,456 cases.
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The five states of Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, and Kerala cumulatively account for 70.82 percent of India’s total active cases. Maharashtra alone accounts for 48.57 percent of the total active caseload of the country. Chhattisgarh is on second place with a 7.75 percent active caseload, Karnataka 5.57 percent, Uttar Pradesh 5.31 percent, Kerala 3.62 percent, and the rest of India at 29.18 percent.
Of these five states, 15 districts in Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, and Maharashtra cumulatively account for 4,60,643 active caseloads.
Of these Maharashtra’s Pune tops with a maximum of 1,02,115 active caseload followed by Mumbai (89,707), Thane (71,061), Nagpur (56,698), and Nashik (32,811).
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Meanwhile, India’s cumulative recoveries stand at 1,20,81,443 on Sunday with a national recovery rate of 90.44 percent– a figure that gives a bit of relief. A total of 90,584 recoveries were registered in the last 24 hours.
The report comes when India’s daily new cases continue to rise with 1,52,879 fresh infections registered in the last 24 hours.
Ten states including Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan have shown a rise in the Covid daily new cases with 80.92 percent of the total new cases in India.
Maharashtra has reported the highest daily new cases at 55,411. It is followed by Chhattisgarh with 14,098 while Uttar Pradesh reported 12,748 new cases.
However, the daily deaths continue to show an upward trend as 839 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours. Ten states account for 86.41 percent of the new deaths. Maharashtra saw the maximum casualties (309). Chhattisgarh follows with 123 daily deaths.
SOURCE: IANS
