With 23,932 fresh cases and 420 deaths in the last 24 hours, India on Sunday occupied the third spot in the list of nations worst hit by coronavirus after surpassing Russia.
India’s total tally stood at 6,97,836 lakh positive cases and 19,700 deaths . This is the fourth consecutive day when coronavirus cases have increased by more than 20,000.
Only Brazil and the United States are ahead of India in the maximum number of coronavirus cases so far. The USA has over 29.64 lakh cases, followed by Brazil with over 15.79 lakh cases and Russia’s 6.81 lakh so far.
As per the World Health Organisation (WHO), over 1.11 crore cases of coronavirus and 5.33 lakh deaths has been reported across the world so far.
Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi and Karnataka continued to be the worst affected State. Maharashtra recorded 6,555 fresh cases and 151 deaths, the highest in the last 24 hours so far.
Close to four and a half battalions (4,500 personnel) of the five Central paramilitary forces have been infected so far by Covid-19 with the CRPF alone reporting over 1,500 cases followed by about 1,400 cases in BSF, a little over 1,000 in CISF, over 400 in ITBP and about 200 in SSB. Nearly two battalion strength of personnel continue to be active cases.
According to the Maharashtra Health Department, the State reported its second-highest single-day surge till date on Sunday, adding 6,555 new Covid-19 cases as the State’s total case tally reached 2,06,619. As many as 151 new deaths pushed the total death toll to 8,822. As many as 3,658 patients were discharged on Sunday, taking the total number of recoveries till date to 1,11,470.
With 1,287 new cases reported on Sunday, Mumbai’s total case tally has reached 84,524. The city’s death toll has risen to 4,899.
Tamil Nadu reported 4,150 persons turning coronavirus positive taking the total number of such persons till date to 111,151 in the last 24 hours. The total number of corona patients who died over the past 24-hours was 60 taking the death toll to 1,510.
Delhi’s coronavirus tally inched closer to one lakh-mark on Sunday after 2,244 cases were reported in the last 24 hours. The cumulative tally for national Capital reached 99,444, while 63 deaths were recorded, pushing the total death toll to 3,067. As of Sunday, there are over 25,000 active cases in Delhi.
Marking a positive trend, Delhi’s recovery rate has gone above 70 per cent as out of the total cases, 71,339 people have recovered from the virus. Along with the increase in testing and reduced positivity rate, Delhi’s recovery rate has also increased — a positive indicator keeping the city’s total number of active cases or those living with the infection a constant between 25 and 26 thousand.
Karnataka reported 1,925 cases and 37 deaths, highest in a single day, pushing the infection tally to 23,474 and death toll to 372. The number of active cases now stands at 13,251.
Uttar Pradesh reported 1,155 new cases and 12 deaths in the last 24 hours, pushing the infection tally to 27,707 and death toll to 785. A total of 18,761 corona patients have recovered and discharged from hospitals.
According to the data of novel coronavirus infection in Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) ranks available till Saturday, as many as 1,510 personnel have contracted the disease out of which 755 continue to be active cases and 746 persons have recovered. The casualty figure in the CRPF stands at nine. The CRPF tops the list in terms of the total number of infected personnel, active cases, and deaths. As many as 1,348 Border Security Force (BSF) personnel have contracted the disease till Sunday. Of 1,348 infected personnel in the BSF ranks, 526 are active cases and 817 have recovered besides five persons have succumbed due to the disease.
West Bengal reported 895 new cases and 21 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases to 22,126 and death toll to 757.
Gujarat reported 725 new infections and 18 deaths in a single day, increasing the fatality count to 1945 and infections to 36,123.
As 225 persons were diagnosed with COVID-19 on Sunday, the situation in Kerala has turned serious and grave according to the State unit of the Indian Medical Association.