India’s Covid cases cross 18K in 24 hrs

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India’s Covid cases cross 18K in 24 hrs

Monday, 08 March 2021 | PNS | New Delhi

India’s Covid cases cross 18K in 24 hrs

Maha, Kerala, Punjab, Guj account for 84.71% of new cases

India reported more than 18,000 fresh Covid-19 cases for the first time since January   in the last 24  hours with six States, including Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab and Gujarat, continuing to form a major chunk of infections, accounting for 84.71 per cent of the 18,711 new cases.

Though cases are on the rise, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Sunday said, “We are in the end game of the Covid-19 pandemic in India” and to succeed at this stage, politics should be kept out of the Covid-19 vaccination drive.

 “People should trust the science behind vaccines and ensure that their near and dear ones get vaccinated on time,” he said while speaking at the Delhi Medical Association’s (DMA’s) 62nd Annual Delhi State Medical Conference (MEDICON 2021) in collaboration with Dharamshila Narayana Hospital on Sunday.

Vardhan said over 2 crore Covid-19 vaccine shots have been administered so far and the vaccination rate has been increased to 15 lakh per day.

Around 14,392 people were discharged and 100 deaths reported in the last 24 hours, as per the Union Health Ministry. Maharashtra continues to report the highest daily new cases at 10,187, followed by Kerala with 2,791 while Punjab reported 1,159 new cases.

The active cases registered an increase for the fifth consecutive day. The Covid-19 active caseload increased to 1,84,523 which now comprises 1.65 per cent of the total infections while the recovery rate has dropped further to 96.95 per cent. On January 29, 18,855 new infections were recorded in a span of 24 hours. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,08,68,520 which translates to a national Covid-19 recovery rate of  96.95 per cent, while the case fatality rate stands at 1.41 per cent.

According to the Ministry, India’s Covid-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16. It went past 60 lakh on September 28, over 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19.

According to the ICMR, 22,14,30,507 samples have been tested up to March 6 with 7,37,830 samples being tested on Saturday.

The 100 new fatalities include 47 from Maharashtra, 16 from Kerala and 12 from Punjab.

A total of 1,57,756 deaths have been reported so far in the country including 52,440 from Maharashtra followed by 12,517  from Tamil Nadu, 12,359 from Karnataka, 10,919 from Delhi, 10,277 from West Bengal, 8,729 from Uttar Pradesh and 7,173 from Andhra Pradesh.

The Ministry stressed that more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities.

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