- Sunday, May 19, 2024
By: Sattwik Biswal
EIGHT states including Maharashtra, Karnataka and Punjab account for 84.5 per cent of India’s new daily cases as the country is now seeing a surge in Covid-19 amid the vaccination drive.
The vaccination coverage in the country has crossed the six crore mark.
Maharashtra has reported the highest daily rise of 40,414 COVID-19 cases, followed by 3,082 in Karnataka, 2,870 in Punjab, 2,276 in Madhya Pradesh, 2,270 in Gujarat, 2,216 in Kerala, 2,194 in Tamil Nadu and 2,153 in Chhattisgarh, the health ministry has said
Meanwhile, India’s total active caseload has reached 5,21,808 and constitutes 4.33 per cent of the total infections. A net rise of 35,498 cases has been recorded in the total active caseload in a day, the ministry said.
Five states – Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab, Karnataka and Chhattisgarh – cumulatively account for 80.17 per cent of the total active cases in the country, it added
Seventeen states and union territories have lower cases per million than the national average (8,724) while?19 states and UTs have higher cases per million than the national average.
Ten states – Maharashtra, Gujarat, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Haryana and Rajasthan – are displaying an upward trajectory in the daily new cases, the ministry said.
