The Centre on Thursday said that while Covid-19 cases were “stabilising” across the country, the R value greater than 1, specifically from newer states, including Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, is a “significant reason to be concerned”. In Punjab, the daily cases are increasing.
In fact, the Covid-19 tally of India rose to 3,20,77,706 after 41,195 people were found to have tested positive in the last 24 hours on Thursday. The number was a significant rise from a day ago at 38,353 cases. The daily death toll also saw a rise as 490 people succumbed to Covid-19, data released by the Union Health Ministry showed.
Kerala continues to be the top contributor recording 23,500 cases, followed by Maharashtra which saw 5,560 people testing positive.
The death toll has now reached 4,29,669. Whereas, the number of active cases has dipped to 3,87,987 and now consists only 1.21% per cent of the total caseload. As many as 3,12,60,050 people have recovered from the disease as of Thursday.
India’s Covid-19 vaccination coverage has crossed the landmark of 52 Crore. Cumulatively, 52,36,71,019 vaccine doses have been administered through 59,97,068 sessions, as per the provisional report till 7 am on Thursday. 44,19,627 vaccine doses were administered in the last 24 hours, said the Ministry.