Five populated states namely Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, and Rajasthan are reporting an increase in active Covid-19 cases in the country, particularly in the last one month. In the process, they are replacing Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal, which have now started reporting a decline in active cases for the last few days, said an official from the Union Health Ministry.
India has recorded 36,604 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, taking the total Covid caseload to nearly 95 lakh while total fatality has touched 1,38,122. The total active caseload has significantly dropped to 4.28 lakh in the last 24 hours, said the official. This is the lowest after 132 days. The total active cases were 4,26,167 on 23rd July, 2020.
The daily new cases added to the country’s covid numbers have been around 30K since the past three days while the number of daily recovered cases has surpassed the daily new cases since the past five days.
Similarly, showing the positive trend, the difference in new recoveries outnumbering new cases has also improved the recovery rate to 94.03 per cent on Wednesday.
The official pointed out that 78.35 per cent of the new recovered cases are observed to be concentrated in 10 States/UTs with Maharashtra reporting maximum number of single day recoveries with 6,290 newly recovered cases. 6,151 people recovered in Kerala followed by 5,036 in Delhi. On the other hand, 77.25 per cent of the new cases are from 10 States and UTs. Kerala reported the highest daily new cases at 5,375, followed by Maharashtra with 4,930 new cases.
On the fatalities front, the contribution of 10 States/UTs account for 79.84 per cent. Maharashtra saw the maximum casualties (95). Delhi and West Bengal follow with 86 and 52 daily deaths, respectively.