The third worst-affected country in the world, India has crossed the 19-lakh mark in coronavirus cases after 52,509 people tested positive in the last 24 hours. Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said that 82% of the total cases are limited to 10 states and Union Territories and that 50 districts account for 66% of the total caseload.
So far, nearly 12.82 lakh patients in the country have recovered and 39,795 have died. In the last twenty-four hours, 857 deaths were reported. The recovery rate stood at 67.19%. Maharashtra has the highest number of cases, followed by Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.
India’s most affected state due to deadly Covid-19, Maharashtra reported 10,309 new coronavirus cases in the last twenty-four hours while 334 people succumbed to the virus. The total number of cases in the state is now at 4,68,265 including 1,45,961 active cases while 3,05,521 have recovered since the pandemic broke out. The death toll from the virus in the state has reached 16,476.
Tamil Nadu reported 5,175 new cases in the last 24 hours, with this addition tally of confirmed Covid-19 cases has climbed to 2,73,460. This figure is inclusive of 54,184 active cases, 2,14,815 discharges. A total of 4461 patients have succumbed to the virus in the state, 112 in the last twentyfour hours. The state government announced that gyms in Tamil Nadu will be allowed to reopen from 10 August.
Kerala reported 1,195 cases in the last twenty-four hours taking the overall tally across 29,000. The state’s toll has reached 94. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said, “Sixtysix of those who tested Covid-positive have come from foreign countries and 125 from other states. Thirteen health workers are among those infected.”
Gujarat’s Covid-19 tally reached 66,777 with 1,073 patients testing positive in the last 24 hours while 23 patients died from the virus, taking the overall toll to 2,557. Ahmedabad reported 161 infections takings its overall tally to 27,283. Five people died in the city in the last twenty four hours taking the toll from the virus to 1,617.
Uttar Pradesh reported 4,078 Covid-19 cases and 40 new fatalities in the last twenty-four hours, bringing the infection tally to over 1.04 lakh and the death toll from the disease to 1,857. There are 41,973 active cases in the state while 60,558 people have been discharged from hospitals after recovering from the infection. Haryana reported seven more deaths due to Covid-19, as 752 fresh cases took the total tally in the state to 38,548. The death toll due to the virus in the state has risen to 455.
Jammu and Kashmir recorded 559 new coronavirus cases, taking the total number of infected people to 22,955, even as nine Covid-19 patients died during the last 24 hours in the Union Territory.