Haryana and Odisha on Monday recorded biggest single day spike in the number of Covid-19 cases after Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh remained the major contributors in sustaining the high figure on a daily basis for weeks.
Haryana reported 265 new cases, which is its highest daily count, taking the total number of positive cases in the State to 2,356. Haryana has seen steady rise in the number of cases during the last one week. State’s ruling politicians have blamed Delhi for the spike and sealed the State’s border with the national Capital.
Odisha reported 156 new cases on Monday which took its overall tally of cases to 2,104. The State has seen a gradual increase in the number of cases since the migrants workers began to return in tens of thousands.
Jammu & Kashmir reported 155 new cases — 56 from Kashmir division and 99 from Jammu division. Total positive cases in the Union Territory stand at 2,601 including 1,624 active cases. West Bengal added 271 new cases, which took its tally of positive cases to 5,772 while the death toll is at 253. Karnataka reported 2,187 cases which took its tally to 3,408.
Maharashtra’s count rose to 70,013 cases with 2,362 deaths. The State reported 2,361 new cases on Monday. The recovery rate from the coronavirus pandemic in Maharashtra improved to 43.35 per cent in the month of May.
As many as 40 deaths and 1,413 new Covid-19 positive cases were reported in Mumbai on Monday, taking the total number of cases in the city to 40,877, Municipal Corporation Greater Mumbai said.
Meanwhile, the State’s doubling rate has also improved. It is 17.5 days now, as compared to 11 days earlier.
After reporting 1,295 cases on Sunday, Delhi on Monday added 990 new Covid-19 cases. Delhi’s total case count has now risen to 20,834 with a total death toll of 523.
The day Tamil Nadu chose to relax the lockdown and allow factories, IT companies and business establishments to resume operations, it saw 1,162 persons testing positive for corona virus, the highest number of cases to be registered on a single day.
On Sunday 1,149 persons had tested positive for the pandemic.
According to the release issued by the Government of Tamil Nadu on Monday, 23,495 persons have been tested positive till date in the State. Taking into account the number of persons cured and discharged from hospitals, there were 10,138 active cases in the State as on Monday. The day also saw 11 persons succumbing to the pandemic taking the tally to 184.
In the last 24 hours, 25 deaths and 423 new #Covid-19 positive cases have been reported in Gujarat. The total number of positive cases rises to 17,217 including 10,780 cured/discharged and 1,063 deaths.
Uttar Pradesh reported 296 new cases and five deaths in the State in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases to 8,361.
Kerala reports 57 new Covid-19 cases and one death on Monday, which took its tally of cases to 1,237 and 11 deaths.
Telangana reported 94 new cases on Monday The total number of Covid-19 positive cases in the State stands at 2,792.
Five new positive cases of Covid reported in Manipur today, taking the total number of positive cases in the State to 83 including 72 active cases.