New Delhi: Since February 26, Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab, Karnataka, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu continue to report a surge in the COVID daily new cases. They cumulatively account for 86.25% of the new cases reported in the past 24 hours.
18,599 new cases were registered and 97 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours. Seven States accounted for 87.63% of the new deaths. Maharashtra saw the maximum casualties (38). Punjab follows with 17 daily deaths and Kerala reported 13 deaths in the last 24 hours.
Eighteen States/UTs did not report any COVID19 deaths in the last 24 hours. These are Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chandigarh, Daman, Diu, and Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Goa, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Ladakh (UT),Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tripura.
In the last 24 hours, Maharashtra reported the highest daily new cases at 11,141. It was followed by Kerala with 2,100 while Punjab reported 1,043 new cases.
The Central Government had already deputed high-level teams to Maharashtra, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Punjab, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, and Jammu and Kashmir to support them in their fight against the recent spike in COVID-19 cases.
These teams interacted with the State/UT authorities and got a firsthand understanding of the challenges and issues being faced by them so as to strengthen their ongoing activities and remove bottlenecks, if any.
Eight States/UTs had weekly Positivity Rate more than the National Average (2.29%). Maharashtra has the highest weekly positivity rate with 11.13%.
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare stated today that Centre was regularly holding high-level review meetings with the states and Union Territories showing a surge in new daily cases. The Health Secretary was also holding weekly review meetings as part of the Centre’s efforts to continuously engage with the states and UTs reporting higher caseload of active cases and those showing rise in daily new COVID19 cases.
Recently, the Centre rushed High Level Public Health teams to Maharashtra and Punjab to assist in COVID-19 control and containment measures in view of recent spike in cases in these States.
Eight states are displaying an upward trajectory in daily new cases.
India’s total Active Caseload has reached 1,88,747 today. India’s present active caseload now stands at 1.68% of India’s total Positive Cases.
The cumulative tests conducted in the country have surpassed 22 crores (22,19,68,271). The national cumulative positivity rate currently stands at 5.06%.
– global bihari bureau
