Total crosses 2.5 lakh mark; Maha continues to take lead
India’s Covid-19 caseload zooms past 2.50 lakh on Sunday, a week after crossing the 1.75 lakh milestone, as new infections touched 10,770 and 261 deaths in the last 24 hours. India at 2,57,392 is now the sixth worst affected country by the coronavirus pandemic with over 7,207 total deaths.
While Maharashtra continues to hold the tag of the badly-affected State, recording 3,007 new cases and 91 deaths taking the total count to 85,975, including 37,390 discharges and 3060 deaths, Jammu & Kashmir, for the first time reported highest spike of 620 more Covid-19 cases on Sunday, 37 from Jammu division & 583 from Kashmir division. Total number of cases in the UT is now at 4087, including 2830 active cases, 1216 recovered and 41 deaths.
After Maharashtra, the second-worst hit State, Tamil Nadu saw 1,515 more coronavrius cases and 18 deaths, taking the total cases to 31,667 while the death count rose to 269.
Delhi reported 1282 more cases in the last 24 hours. Total number of cases in the national capital is now at 28936, including 17125 active cases, 10999 recovered/discharged/migrated & 812 deaths.
The national capital is likely to see at least one lakh Covid-19 cases by end of June as per a projection made by the five-member committee formed by the Delhi Government.
As many as 480 fresh cases and 30 deaths were reported in Gujarat in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases to 20,097 and toll to 1,249 while Kerala on Sunday reported 107 new cases taking the number of active cases in the state to 1,095. 803 persons have recovered in the state so far.
Uttar Pradesh registered 370 fresh cases on Saturday, taking the number of confirmed cases to 10,103 even as the number of casualties rose to 268, with 11 fatalities. Rajasthan was at sixth position among worst-hit States as it reported 262 new cases and 9 deaths on Sunday. Total number of cases in the State is now at 10599, including 2605 active cases and 240 deaths.
Madhya Pradesh recorded 9,228 cases with 399 death while 93 new fresh cases and one death was reported in Punjab in the last 24 hours, taking total number of cases to 2608 and deaths to 51.
Odisha too reported its highest single-day spike in Covid-19 cases after 173 more people tested positive for the disease, taking the total tally in the state to 2,781. Of the 173 new cases, 150 were in quarantine centres, where people returning from different States are staying.
39 new Covid-19 cases were reported in Karnataka, taking the total number to 5452, Haryana reported 191 COVID-19 cases on Sunday, including 78 from the worst-affected Gurgaon district, as the infection tally breached the 4,000-mark. As many as 92 new Covid-19 positive cases were reported in Assam in the last 24 hours to reach a tally of 2,565.
Goa, too, recorded a rise as 71 new infections took the COVID-19 case count in the state to 267, including 202 active cases.
The worldwide death toll from COVID-19 has surpassed 4,00,000, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University that health experts say is still an undercount because many who died were not tested for the virus. Worldwide, at least 6.9 million people have been infected by the virus, according to Johns Hopkins.
A total of 46,66,386 samples have been tested till now for coronavirus, according to the Indian Council of Medical Research.
A total of 1,14,073 people have been cured so far, with 4,611 recoveries recorded in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said. According to the ministry’s website, more than 70 per cent of the deaths are due to comorbidities.