Covid-19:India records highest single-day spike this year | India News – Times of India

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NEW DELHI: India recorded 28,903 new coronavirus infections, the highest so far this year, taking the Covid-19 tally to 1,14,38,734, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday.
The death toll increased to 1,59,044 with 188 new fatalities, the highest in around two months, the data updated at 8 am showed.
Registering an increase for the seventh day in a row, the total active caseload has increased to 2,34,406 which now comprises 2.05 per cent of the total infections, while the recovery rate has further dropped to 96.56 per cent, the data stated.
As many as 30,254 new infections were recorded in a span of 24 hours on December 13.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,10,45,284, while the case fatality rate has dropped to 1.39 per cent, the data stated.
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, 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, 22,92,49,784 samples have been tested up to March 16 with 9,69,021 samples being tested on Tuesday.

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India’s daily Covid case count above 20,000; highest since Jan 1 | India News – Times of India

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NEW DELHI: After showing a decline, India’s daily Covid-19 cases continue to inch upward. On Wednesday, as many as 22,823 patients tested positive in the country. This is the highest daily tally of 2021, and also the highest since December 24 last year, when 23,454 infections were recorded.

Here’s how the Covid situation looks in the country
Maharashtra leads the surge in number of cases
Maharashtra continued to drive the fresh surge in the pandemic with 13,659 new cases on Wednesday. It is followed by Kerala (2475) and Punjab (1393).

While daily cases have continuously gone up since February 14, reaching the levels seen in the last week of December, the uptick in daily fatalities is not the same that was witnessed during that period.
On Wednesday, India recorded 125 fresh fatalities. Maharashtra saw the maximum casualties (54). It was followed by Punjab with 17 daily deaths and Kerala 14 deaths.

Eight states display upward trajectory in daily new cases
According to health ministry, eight states-Maharashtra, Punjab, Karnataka, Gujarat, Delhi, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu are displaying upward trajectory in daily new cases. Punjab recorded 1422 cases on Wednesday, which is the highest since September 30; while Gujarat reported 675 cases, the highest since January 8.

Tamil Nadu recorded 671, while Haryana recorded 359 cases.

Kerala, Himachal record decline in active caseload
India’s total active caseload stands at 1,89,226. This is 1.68% of total positive cases. Kerala has reported the maximum decline in active cases while Maharashtra shown the maximum increase in the last 24 hours.

Source: Health ministry

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