Delhi Overtakes Maharashtra, Kerala With Highest New COVID Cases In Last 24 Hours
Delhi overtook Maharashtra and Kerala by reporting 7178 COVID-19 cases in a span of 24 hours becoming the largest contributor to the new 50356 single day infections. 77 per cent of these new cases are from 10 states and union territories - Delhi Kerala Maharashtra West Bengal Karnataka Andhra Pradesh Tamil Nadu.
As COVID cases continue to surge, Delhi overtook Maharashtra and Kerala by reporting 7,178 COVID-19 cases in a span of 24 hours, becoming the largest contributor to the new 50,356 single day infections.
According to the Union Health Ministry, 77 per cent of these new cases of COVID-19 are from 10 states and union territories - Delhi, Kerala, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.
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Kerala recorded 7,002 new cases followed by Maharashtra at 6,870 new cases on Friday.
A total of 50,356 new coronavirus infections were reported in a span of 24 hours, while 53,920 recoveries were recorded during the same period.
The trend of India¡¯s daily new COVID-19 recoveries exceeding the single-day cases for the last five weeks played a pivotal role in pushing down the active caseload which is presently pegged at 5.16 lakh cases and comprises 6.11 percent of total cases, the ministry said.
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¡°This trend has been observed for the last five weeks. This also played a pivotal role in pushing down the active caseload which is presently pegged at 5.16 lakh,¡± the ministry said.
Delhi is said to be witnessing the third wave of COVID, which, by far, is also the worst.
