Over 1 lakh cases in Delhi; massive surge in south Indian States
India’s Covid-19 tally crossed 7 lakh mark and death toll breached 20,000 counts on Monday, a day after it replaced Russia to occupy the third place among the list of worst-affected nations.
While the three worst-affected States— Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Delhi — saw a considerable drop in the number of fresh cases on Monday, the national Capital crossed 1-lakh mark with 1,379 fresh cases and 48 deaths reported in the last 24 hours.
India added 22,500 cases to take its overall tally of positive cases to 7,20,346. The day saw 473 fatalities, which took its death count to 20,174.
The total number of cases in Delhi now stands at 1,00,823 including 72,088 recoveries. The death toll in the city is now at 3,115, according to the later health bulletin by the State Government.
Southern India continued to see a massive surge with Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana joining Tamil Nadu among States severely hit by the virus. While Telangana reported 1,831 cases and 11 deaths, Karnataka reported 1,841 fresh cases and 30 deaths.
Telangana now has 25,733 cases and 306 death while Karnataka has 25,317 cases and 406 deaths.
Andhra Pradesh recorded 1,322 fresh cases and seven deaths, taking its overall count to 20,019 cases and 219 deaths.
Meanwhile, after touching an all-time record of 7,074 Covid-19 positive cases on Saturday, the number of infected cases came down further in Maharashtra to 5,368 on Monday, even as 204 more people died of coronavirus in various parts of the State.
After the number of infections had virtually peaked to touch 7,074 on Friday, the State witnessed a steady decline in the number of positive cases. The number of cases slid to 6,555 on Sunday and dropped further to 5,368 on Monday.
As the infections touched 2,11,987 cases, Maharashtra on Monday overtook Turkey which ranks 14 on the Worldometer (205,758 cases). Earlier on Sunday, Maharashtra had surpassed Germany (197,651 cases). Similarly, with 151 new deaths and infections, the total number of deaths crossed 9,000 mark to touch 9,026. Of the total 204 fatalities declared today, Thane accounted for 57 deaths, while Mumbai witnessed 39 deaths.
As part of the easing of lockdown norms, the Maharashtra Government on Monday decided to allow hotels, lodges, and guest houses outside the containment zones to operate from July 8, at 33 per cent capacity.
Through an order, the State Government announced the “Mission Begin Again Phase-V” to implement new norms with effect from July 8, outside specified Covid-19 containment zones all over the State, including all municipal jurisdiction of Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), Pune Metropolitan Region (PMR), and Solapur, Aurangabad, Nashik, Malegaon, Dhule, Jalgaon, Akola, Amravati, and Nagpur.
Incidentally, a majority of the cities like Mumbai, Thane, Pune, Aurangabad, Nashik, Jalgaon, Akola have witnessed the highest number of Covid-19 infected cases and deaths.
While it has permitted hotels, lodges and guest houses to operate outside the containment from July 8, the State Government has not allowed shopping malls to restart during the “Mission Begin Again Phase-V”.
Though there was a minuscule decrease in the number of persons diagnosed with Covid-19 in Tamil Nadu on Monday, death rate continued to rule the roost as 61 persons lost the battle against the pandemic across the State.
While 3,827 persons tested positive for coronavirus (on Sunday the figure was 4,150),3,793 were discharged from various hospitals fully cured on a single day.
Out of the total number of cases diagnosed with Covid on Monday, Chennai accounted for 1,747 persons, said the medical bulletin released by the Government of Tamil Nadu. As on Monday, the State had 46,833 Covid patients while the total number of persons tested positive for Covid till date stood at 1.14 lakh.
Rajasthan reported 524 new Covid-19 cases and five deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases to 20,688 and death toll to 461. The number of active cases stands at 3,949.