COVID-19: India adds 56,211 new cases in last 24 hours, active count soars to 5.40 lakh

New Delhi: India registered 56,211 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, as per the info of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) launched on Tuesday (March 30, 2021) morning. The sudden unprecedented surge in coronavirus infections has now taken the nation’s active count to 5.40 lakh.

There had been additionally 37,028 recoveries together with 271 COVID-19 associated deaths in the previous 24 hours. 

India’s complete coronavirus caseload has now soared to 1,20,95,855, of which, 1,13,93,021 are recoveries, whereas, 1,62,114 individuals have succumbed to the virus.

The nation has been reporting greater than 55,000 infections for the previous few days and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare’s knowledge on Monday said that eight states particularly Maharashtra, Karnataka, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Chhattisgarh, account for a lot of the new cases.

Maharashtra, the worst coronavirus-hit state in India, has been recording an enormous surge adopted by Karnataka and Punjab.

This additionally led the Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan to chair a high-level meet on March 27 with 12 states and UTs which might be witnessing an increase in cases. According to the MoHFW, the states had been knowledgeable that the nation has seen the sharpest rise in weekly COVID-19 cases and fatalities since May 2020 (7.7% and 5.1% respectively). 

The states and UTs had been suggested to give attention to stringent containment and public well being measures in 46 excessive burden districts. 

The following five-fold technique was additionally laid out for adoption by the states and UTs for efficient containment and administration of the COVID-19 pandemic:

1. Increased testing and vaccination

2. Effective tracing

3. Prompt isolation

4. Efficient scientific therapy, and

5. Adherence to COVID Appropriate Behaviour.

Meanwhile, the overall COVID-19 vaccination quantity has additionally elevated to 6,11,13,354, of which, 5,22,11,398 have taken the primary dose and 89,01,956 have taken the second jab of the coronavirus vaccine. The COVID-19 vaccination drive, reportedly the world’s largest, had kicked-off on January 16, 2021.   

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