NEW DELHI, July 16:
India’s COVID-19 count today crossed two grim milestones of 10 lakh cases and 25,000 deaths, according to official data from States, even as the Centre said active cases now constituted one-third of the total infections.
The total Coronavirus caseload stood at 10,00,202 while there were 25,553 deaths from the disease, according to a PTI tally at 9.30 pm based on reports from States and Union Territories. India is ranked third in the global COVID-19 tally after the US and Brazil.
According to the Union Health Ministry, India has 3,31,146 active COVID-19 cases, which is around a third of the country’s infection tally. It credited targeted measures for the steady decline in the active caseload.
The Ministry data updated at 8 am today showed the country’s COVID-19 tally rose to 9,68,876 with a record single-day spike of 32,695 cases while the death toll climbed to 24,915 with 606 new fatalities.
It was for the fifth consecutive day that COVID-19 cases have increased by more than 28,000. The huge surge in cases has led several states to reimpose lockdown for varying periods.
Just two States — Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu — account for 48 per cent of the country’s total active caseload, the health ministry said. Ten states including Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu reported 84.62 per cent of the total active caseload, it said, adding the Centre continues to handhold these states in matters of containment and effective clinical management.
Maharashtra today recorded its highest single day spike of 8,641 new Coroanvirus cases, taking the tally to 2,84,281, the State Health Department said.
With 266 new fatalities being recorded, the death toll due to the pandemic reached 11,194, it said in a statement.
Tamil Nadu’s tally of positive cases stood at 1,56,369 with the addition of 4,549 new cases, a health department bulletin said. The death toll stood at 2,236.
Delhi is the only other State or Union Territory to have over one lakh COVID-19 cases and it is in the third position with a tally of 1,18,645 while the death toll mounted to 3,545, authorities said.
This is the sixth consecutive day when fresh Coronavirus cases have been reported in the national capital in the range of 1,000-2,000.
India’s first COVID-19 case was detected on January 30 in Kerala.
“Of the total COVID-19 cases, 63.25 per cent have recovered so far. Simultaneously, there has been a steady dip in the number of active cases, from around 45 per cent in mid-June to around 34.18 per cent as of now,” the Health Ministry said.
A total of 20,783 people have recuperated in the past 24 hours, the highest number of recoveries in a day, taking the total number of recovered cases to 6,12,814.
“Focus on early identification and clinical management is aiding recoveries in COVID-19 patients. Now, the recoveries exceed active cases by 2,81,669,” the Ministry said.
The recoveries are 1.85 times the number of active cases, it added.
The Ministry said the recovery rate rose to 50 per cent mid-June and thereafter there has been a steady rise in recoveries and a decline in the number of active cases. (PTI)
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