8 states still have active Covid cases between 10,000 and 1 lakh, Maha tops list

The Union health ministry on Tuesday stated that districts reporting greater than 100 each day Covid-19 circumstances have dipped considerably from 279 on the week ending June 1 to 48 as of August 8.

Even because the single-day case depend of the coronavirus illness (Covid-19) in India has been on a downward pattern, there are eight states which have energetic circumstances between 10,000 and 1 lakh, in line with information shared by the Union ministry of well being and household welfare (MoHFW) on Tuesday.

Addressing a press briefing on the nation’s Covid-19 state of affairs, joint secretary of the Union well being ministry Lav Agarwal stated districts that had been earlier reporting excessive circumstances have now begun to point out a progressive decline. As many as 279 districts throughout India had been reporting over 100 each day coronavirus circumstances on the week ending June 1, which regularly decreased to 107 on the week ending July 1. As of August 8, a complete of 48 Indian districts are reporting greater than 100 each day Covid-19 circumstances.

One of many worst-hit for the reason that first wave of the pandemic, Maharashtra continues to have a excessive coronavirus energetic caseload (74,944) despite the fact that the state has been reporting a dip within the each day circumstances for the previous few days. On Monday, the state reported 4,505 recent circumstances, down from 5,508 on Sunday. Aside from Maharashtra, there are seven further states, together with many within the east and northeast which have energetic circumstances ranging between 10,000 and 1 lakh.

Right here’s the record of the eight states:

1. Maharashtra (74,944)

2. Karnataka (23,956)

3. Tamil Nadu (20,407)

4. Andhra Pradesh (19,949)

5. Mizoram (12,146)

6. Assam (11,059)

7. West Bengal (10,719)

8. Odisha (10,485)

In the meantime, India on Tuesday reported 28,204 recent coronavirus circumstances – the bottom in 147 days, thereby taking the general tally of the nation to three,19,98,158, in line with information shared by the Union health ministry. This marks an enchancment because the nation reported 35,499 new circumstances on Monday. The each day demise toll additionally noticed a drop from 447 on Monday to 373 on Tuesday, which pushed the cumulative depend to 428,682. The energetic case depend in India stands at 388,508 – a decline of 13,680 from Monday.