Maharashtra tops with a third of fresh Covid cases

Virendra Singh Rawat

Lucknow / Apr 14, 2021

Maharashtra accounts for nearly a third of the fresh Covid-19 cases reported in India in the last 24 hours.

Of total 1,84,372 new cases, according to the union health ministry, Maharashtra logged its highest ever tally of fresh cases at 60,212, followed by Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh with 17,963 and 15,121 cases respectively.

This way, three states of Maharashtra, UP and Chhattisgarh account for 50 per cent of the country’s fresh case load. Together with Karnataka and Kerala, the top five states account for 82 per cent of the fresh coronavirus cases in India.

Now, the country’s active cases number has jumped to more than 1.36 million, of which Maharashtra alone contributes about 44 per cent of active cases.

Sixteen states including Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, UP, Karnataka, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Punjab, Kerala, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal are displaying an upward trajectory in daily new cases.

Meanwhile, India scored a feat of conducting 260 million Covid tests after the outbreak of the pandemic last year.

India’s recovery count has also breached the 12 million level with 82,339 recoveries and 1,027 deaths reported in 24 hours.