Biggest spike in corona cases

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Biggest spike in corona cases

Friday, 10 April 2020 | Archana Jyoti/TN Raghunatha | New Delhi/Mumbai

Biggest spike in corona cases

Total crosses 6,650; death toll over 200; Maha retains top slot

The country saw a big spike in number of positive cases on Thursday with the total count crossing 6,650 and death toll breaching 200 mark.

With States still reporting the numbers at the time of writing this report, Thursday could see the biggest one-day jump since the coronavirus outbreak in the country. Maharashtra may have recorded both the highest number of positive cases and deaths, but Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home State Gujarat has recorded the highest mortality rate.

The total count is based on figures tallied from States till late in the evening.

As many as 25 persons on Thursday succumbed to Covid-19 in Maharashtra taking the total number of deaths to 97 in the State, while an alarming 229 persons tested positive for coronavirus in a single day. Overall, it has reported more than 1,450 cases.

Maharashtra appeared to be peaking in terms of the spread of coronavirus, as the pandemic shocked the State health authorities by claiming 25 lives. Pune accounted for a maximum 14 deaths, while there were nine deaths in Mumbai. Malegaon and Ratnagiri reported one death each.

Tamil Nadu added 96 new cases on Thursday to reach a total of 834 followed by Delhi with 51 new cases and total of 720. Telangana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh were all in the 400-plus bracket while Andhra Pradesh and Kerala added 15 and 12 cases respectively. While AP had 363 cases Kerala had 357 positive cases.

Gujarat reported as many as 56 new cases on Thursday while Chhattisgarh suddenly saw addition of nine new cases to the existing one active case. Bihar and Jharkhand where the number of positive cases were low till now have also come into the grip of the deadly virus, reporting 12 and nine new cases respectively.

Uttar Pradesh too painted grim picture with 49 new cases till late evening taking the total tally to 410. On Wednesday, the Yogi Government in Uttar Pradesh decided to strengthen restrictions on movement in 105 hotspots of the Covid-19 disease in 15 districts, prohibiting people in these places from stepping out of their houses to buy even grocery and other essential items. Gautam Buddh Nagar and Ghaziabad are among the districts where the restrictions have come into effect till April 15 morning.

Similarly, cases in Punjab witnessed northward movement, adding 24 new cases to its Covid kitty of 130 positive cases.

The ICMR said that 1,30,000 samples have been tested so far. Out of these 5,734 samples tested positive till date. Positivity rate ranges between 3-5 per cent in the last 1-1.5 months. It has not increased substantially, said a senior scientist from the ICMR.

Meanwhile, the analysis of the death rate showed some interesting findings. Till April 8, Maharashtra reported 72 deaths and 1,135 cases, which worked out to a mortality rate of 6.34 per cent, which incidentally is the third highest in the country, according to an analytical report released by the Medical Education and Drugs Department.

On the other hand, Gujarat with 19 death and 179 infected cases has topped the list with a mortality rate of 8.94 per cent, while Punjab ranks second with eight deaths and 101 infected cases has a mortality rate of 7.92 per cent.

Kerala with just two deaths and 345 infected cases recorded the lowest mortality rate of 0.57 per cent, while Rajasthan with three deaths and 381 infected cases has emerged second lowest in terms of mortality rate which is just 0.78 per cent.

Tamil Nadu with eight deaths 737 infected cases has also fared well by emerging as a State with third lowest mortality rate of 1.10 per cent. Surprisingly, Uttar Pradesh with four deaths and four infected cases has done well by coming out as a State with fourth lowest mortality figure of 1.10 per cent.

The relatively low mortality rates in other States include: Andhra Pradesh - 1.14 per cent ( 4 deaths, 348 infected cases), Delhi -1.34 per cent (nine deaths, 669 infected cases), Telangana - 1.67 per cent (7 deaths, 427 infected cases) and Haryana -2.04 per cent ( three deaths, 147 infected cases).

In the high mortality list, Madhya Pradesh with 13 deaths and 229 cases has emerged as the fourth -- 5.68 per cent. Himachal Pradesh with just one death and 18 positive cases has a mortality rate of 5.55 per cent -- followed by West Bengal with five deaths and 103  positive cases which has notched a mortality rate of 4.85 per cent.

The Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir with four deaths and 158 infected cases has passed the muster by settling for a mortality rate of 2.53 per cent. Karnataka with five deaths and 181 positive cases (mortality rate 2.76 per cent) has done better than West Bengal with five death and 103 infected cases has notched sixth highest mortality rate of 4.85 per cent.

Bihar with one death and 38 infected cases and Odisha with one death and 42 infected cases have recorded mortality rates of 2.63 per cent and 2.38 per cent respectively.

In significant finding, northeastern States with collective 32 infected cases -- Assam (28) and one each in Manipur, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura - have recorded zero mortality rate.

The other States like Uttarakhand with 33 infected cases, Chandigarh with 18, Union Territory of Ladakh with 14, Andabar & Nicobar Islands with 11, Chhattisgarh with 10, Goa with 7, Puducherry with 5, Jharkhand with 4 cases have not reported any death and their mortality rate zero.

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