Seventy-eight per cent of the new 47,905 coronavirus infections reported in the past 24 hours on Thursday are from 10 States and Union Territories with Delhi topping the list, registering the highest single-day cases at 8,593 followed by Kerala and Maharashtra.
Much to the worry of the Government, four northeastern States — Tripura, Manipur, Meghalaya and Mizoram — are reporting increase in cases, prompting the Union Health Minister Dr Harsvardhan to ask them to increase testing on high risk groups and vulnerable population to check the spread of Covid-19.
For the successive fifth day, new Covid-19 cases reported in a span of 24 hours did not cross the 50,000 mark, while the trend of daily new recoveries outnumbering daily new infections continued for the 40th day. As many as 52,718 new recoveries were registered in a day as against 47,905 infections during the same period.
Ten states and union territories reported 78 per cent of the new cases registered in a span of 24 hours. This trend has continued to compress the active Covid-19 caseload which is currently 4.98 lakh and comprises only 5.63 per cent of India’s total coronavirus cases.
The recovery rate has also been boosted with the trend of recoveries exceeding new cases and currently stands at 92.89 per cent with 80,66,501 people having recuperated from the disease so far.
:The gap between recovered cases and active cases has steadily widened to 75,77,207,: the Health Ministry said.
Delhi observed another spike and reported the highest daily new cases, also its highest tally so far with 8,593 new cases. Delhi is followed by Kerala with 7,007 cases and Maharashtra with 4,907 cases.
As many as 550 case fatalities have been reported in a day of which 10 states and union territories account for 80 per cent. Maharashtra accounted for 22.7 per cent share with 125 fatalities. Delhi and West Bengal follow with 85 and 49 new deaths, respectively.
Meanwhile, Dr Harsh Vardhan, during a meeting via video conferencing with seven states, including the four northeastern states, said that active cases are on the rise in Manipur and higher positivity in the state is indicative of hidden transmission.