New Delhi:
Coronavirus cases in India have crossed a million or 10 lakh mark, registering 34,956 new infections and 687 deaths, the biggest jump in a day, figures from the Union’s Department of Health this morning announced .
Government data put the total number of cases registered since the start of the epidemic in the country at 1,003,832 with 25,602 deaths. More than 6.35 lakh people or 63.34% of the patients recovered.
With the increase in the number of cases, blockages are reimposed in several regions of the country after the relaxation of restrictions that has eased in recent weeks, officials hoping that the epidemic was under control.
Maharashtra continues to report the highest number of cases, followed by Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Karnataka, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and Telangana.
8,641 new cases of COVID-19 were reported on Thursday in Maharashtra, and 1,476 new cases were reported in Mumbai. In the metropolitan area of Mumbai, which includes the surrounding areas of the city. 266 deaths from coronavirus were reported Thursday in Maharashtra, including 56 in Mumbai. Maharashtra has a mortality rate of 3.94%, while the positivity rate is 19.65%.
In Tamil Nadu, the daily count of the capital Chennai continued to hover around 1,100 for a week. However, the Madurai Peak in southern Tamil Nadu and three districts adjacent to Chennai is the new concern of the state government. Madurai, which is emerging as the state’s new epicenter, has seen the number of cases multiply by seven in just over three weeks. Tamil Nadu has so far recorded 1,566,369 cases of coronavirus, including 2,236 deaths.
Karnataka reported its highest peak in a single day with 4,169 cases of coronavirus. The state capital, Bangalore, has seen a massive increase in the number of coronaviruses. Bengaluru, which had fewer than 600 cases at the start of Unlock 1.0, has crossed the 25,000 mark. The state has reported more than 51,422 cases.
