The number of reported coronavirus cases in India continue to move northwards with 1,576 positive cases and 66 deaths on Wednesday, taking the total cases to 32,936 and 1,077 fatalities.
According to reports, although India’s coronavirus trajectory has tapered over the past couple of weeks, it continues to be steeper compared to Asian peers such as Japan, Indonesia, and Pakistan.
The financial capital of the country, Maharashtra remained the worst-hit State with the total number of cases rising to 9,915 with 597 new cases and 32 deaths on Wednesday. Altogether 432 people have died and 1,388 people recovering from the deadly virus.
Gujarat was the next which has reported 4,012 cases so far. The State saw big jump of 312 cases on Wednesday. It is followed by Delhi which has reported 3,314 cases. The other States which have seen sharp rise in cases are Madhya Pradesh (2,560), Rajasthan (2,393), Tamil Nadu (2,162) and Uttar Pradesh (2,134).
Andhra Pradesh has reported 1,259 cases, of which 258 have recovered and 31 people died, while Bihar reported 366 cases of which 64 have recovered and discharged and two people have died.
The Union Territory of Chandigarh reported 12 more cases on Wednesday for a total of 68 cases. The tally in the Jammu & Kashmir rose to 565, of which 176 have been discharged and eight dead.
However, with only 10 active positive cases currently undergoing treatment at different Covid-19 hospitals, Jammu district is gradually coming closer to break the chain of spread of coronavirus. On the other hand, situation on ground zero in Kashmir Valley remains challenging as the total number of positive cases jumped to 523 on Wednesday.
A total number of 16 fresh cases were detected, all from Kashmir division while not a single case from Jammu tested positive.
On a positive note, five patients, three serving doctors were discharged from Jammu and 11 patients were discharged from Kashmir after they fully recovered and tested negative for the second time in succession.
Karnataka’s tally has gone up to 523 out of which 207 have recovered and 20 people have died in the state. Kerala has reported 485 cases so far while 219 have been discharged and 4 people have died in the state due to coronavirus.
Madhya Pradesh continues to report more infected cases. The tally has risen to 2,387 while 377 have been discharged and the death toll stands at 120 in the State.
The number of infected people in Tamil Nadu has gone up to 2,058 out of which 1,168 have been discharged upon recovery while 25 people have died in the state while in Uttar Pradesh, the number of cases has gone up to 2053 out of which 462 have been cured and 34 people have died.
West Bengal has reported 725 cases so far out of which 119 have been discharged and 22 people have died in the State.