Five States — Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh — are reporting over 500 deaths in a day, which is over 65 per cent of the total fatalities registered in the country in the past 24 hours. These States have also accounted for over half of the total COVID-19 cases in the country even as they registered close to 60 per cent of the total recoveries during the period.
Worst-hit Maharashtra topped the list at 11,852 followed by Andhra Pradesh (10,004), Karnataka (6,495), Tamil Nadu (5,956) and Uttar Pradesh (4,782). Together they account for 56 per cent of the confirmed cases added in the last 24 hours, a senior official from the Union Health Ministry.
Incidentally, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra are the three States that are contributing maximum to the overall number of tests include among others. “These three States account for nearly 34 per cent of the total testing, “ the official added.
“These five states have also reported the maximum number of patients that were cured and discharged in the last 24 hours, cumulatively accounting for 58.04% of the national figure of 65,081 persons. While Maharashtra reported recoveries of 11,158 patients, the corresponding figures for Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka stand at 8,772 and 7,238. Tamil Nadu follows with 6,008, while Uttar Pradesh posted recovery of 4,597 Covid-19 patients, “ said the official.
With a cumulative figure of 536 deaths in the last 24 hours, the above mentioned five states together account for 65.4 per cent of the deaths added to the national total (819). Maharashtra has reported 184 deaths, Karnataka has added 113, followed by Tamil Nadu (91), Andhra Pradesh (85) and Uttar Pradesh (63).
Meanwhile, India’s cumulative tests have crossed 4.3 crores today (4,33,24,834). 1,22,66,514 tests were done in the last two weeks alone. Moreover, States/UTs are progressively increasing their testing capacity.
India’s per day testing capacity has crossed 10 lakhs tests, including 10,16,920 tests conducted in the last 24 hours.