COVID-19: Five states account for over 78 per cent of new cases
Maharashtra, Punjab, Karnataka, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu proceed to report a surge in COVID-19 every day cases, accounting for 78.41 per cent of the new cases, the Union Health Ministry mentioned on Monday. A complete of 26,291 new cases had been registered in a day. Maharashtra has reported the very best every day new cases at 16,620 (accounting for 63.21 per cent of the every day new cases). It is adopted by Kerala with 1,792 whereas Punjab reported 1,492 new cases.
“A rising trajectory of daily new cases is visible in eight states. These are Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat, Karnataka and Haryana,” the ministry mentioned.
Kerala has a constantly declining pattern over the final one month, it acknowledged.
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India’s whole COVID-19 lively caseload has reached 2,19,262 comprising 1.93 per cent of the entire infections.
Maharashtra, Kerala and Punjab, cumulatively account for 77 per cent of India’s whole lively cases.
Maharashtra alone accounts for greater than 58 per cent of the entire lively cases within the nation.
India is, in the meantime, quick approaching whole vaccination protection of 3 crore.
The ministry mentioned 2,99,08,038 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered by 5,13,065 periods, as per the provisional report until Monday 7 am.
These embody 73,55,755 healthcare employees (HCWs) who’ve been administered 1st dose, 43,05,118 HCWs who’ve been given the 2nd dose), 73,40,423 frontline employees (FLWs) who’ve taken the first dose and 11,50,535 FLWs who’ve acquired the 2nd dose.
Besides, 14,64,014 beneficiaries aged greater than 45 years with particular co-morbidities and 82,92,193 beneficiaries aged greater than 60 years have been administered the first dose.
As on day-58 of the vaccination drive (14th March), 1,40,880 vaccine doses got.
“Being a Sunday, most states and UTs did not schedule vaccination sessions yesterday,” the ministry mentioned.
Of the entire, 1,20,885 beneficiaries had been vaccinated throughout 2,211 periods for 1st dose and 19,995 HCWs and FLWs acquired 2nd dose of vaccine.
India’s cumulative recoveries stand at 1,10,07,352 with 17,455 recoveries had been registered in a span of 24 hours. The ministry mentioned 84.10 per cent of the new recovered cases are noticed to be concentrated in 6 states.
Maharashtra has reported the utmost quantity of single day recoveries with 8,861 newly recovered cases.A complete of 118 deaths had been reported in a span of 24 hours.
Six states account for 82.20 per cent of the new deaths. Maharashtra noticed the utmost casualties (50). Punjab follows with 20 every day deaths and Kerala reported 15 deaths in a span of 24 hours.
Sixteen states and UTs haven’t reported any COVID-19 deaths in a span of 24 hours. These are Assam, Chandigarh, Jammu and Kashmir, Odisha, Jharkhand, Lakshadweep, Sikkim, Ladakh (UT), Manipur, Daman and Diu & Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, Andman and Nicobar Islands and Arunachal Pradesh.
